[va-bird] Re: mourning warbler, Fairfax County
- From: Paula Sullivan <paula.sullivan2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: VA-Bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:53:37 -0400
On Jun 16, 2004, at 9:06 AM, andyrabin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote, quoting
from the Voice of the Naturalist:
As of June 15, a MOURNING WARBLER has been present for a
record-setting 38 consecutive days in the Piedmont, at Wakefield Park,
Fairfax Co. The bird sings along the trail on the west side of the
power line cut, in the vicinity of the power facility--all north of
the tennis courts.
Since the Mourning Warbler is a difficult bird to find and is seen on
the coastal plain of Virginia only in migration, this individual will
undoubtedly elicit a lot of interest. Since there are no breeding
records on the coastal plain, it is likely that this bird has somehow
lost the ability to navigate to its appropriate breeding grounds. It
appears very healthy. There is no evidence that the bird has found a
mate and is breeding, but it would still behoove everyone who visits to
be particularly respectful of this bird, and treat it as if it were
nesting. This would mean to stay on the trail, not to attempt to flush
it by use of a tape or by pishing, or to enter the brush where it has
been foraging and singing for well over a month. This bird is a
skulker of the first order and may be very difficult even to glimpse,
but with patience can usually be seen, if only briefly. This bird is so
secretive that if he had a mate, if might be close to impossible to
know for sure, so let's give him the benefit of the doubt and let him
have the space and peace he needs to enjoy his stay at Wakefield Park.
Paula Sullivan
Alexandria
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