[tn-bird] Connecticut

I took my wife back to Radnor Lake this morning, in an effort to have her get 
her life Connecticut. The morning was overcast with periods of drizzle. We were 
alone for 5 minutes, at the spot where we had the bird yesterday, when Frank 
Fekel approached from further down the trail. Frank reported seeing the 
Connecticut closer to the long bridge, so after another 10 minutes of fruitless 
waiting, we parted company with Frank, who headed off in pursuit of yesterdays 
reported Mourning Warbler, and my wife and I headed out for the long bridge. We 
heard nothing on or approach. I stopped at the dense cover, on the right side 
of the trail, just before the bench, and my wife walked down to the bench. I 
had heard a chip note that seemed interesting, and then I saw a small bird 
working through the thicket in front of me. I had a 2 second, clear view of the 
head and shoulders of this bird, and it was definitely the Connecticut. I 
whistled for my wife, but when she arrived there was nothing but the 
interesting chip note, from deep in the brush pile. After a few minutes, as the 
chip note seemed to be ebbing in frequency, I decided to be bold, and try to 
pish the bird up. I did two series of soft pishing calls, to be rewarded by 
seeing a small bird fly out of the back of the brush pile, across the path, and 
down to our left. Shortly after it landed we heard the Connecticut song. We 
eased down to the bench, and had great looks at the bird, in a low branch on a 
small tree, near the trail. I then realized that the bird we were looking at 
was not the bird that was singing. There was a second Connecticut singing, back 
in the field, well to the right of our bird. I was never able to see the second 
bird. The Connecticut we were watching flew down into the tall grass, but made 
one more appearance on a naked limb, just before disappearing into the huge 
bush in the center of the field. The bush was located on the left side of the 
trail, just before you come to the long bridge.

David and Carrie Dortch

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