With great optimism and heightened expectations I am pleased to send you the link to the latest Kirtland's Warbler update, from Joel Trick and Kim Grveles: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/greenbay/kiwa/update22June2009.html One of the best parts of this update is that eleven WI males are now banded. If you would like to read any of the previous updates, they can be found here: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/greenbay/ Just scroll down to find links to all of them. Considering the many summers when a few expert WI birders found one or two singing males at most (but never any females or evidence of breeding activity), these last few summers have been exceptionally good for this species in WI. Thanks to the team of researchers and volunteers, as well as USFWS and WDNR personnel and cooperating timber producers and landowners, this is yet another unfolding conservation success story for Wisconsin. Willliam P. Mueller Conservation Chair, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Milwaukee 414-698-9108 on the web: http://home.earthlink.net/~iltlawas/index.html blog: http://bluebirdslaugh.blogspot.com/ #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.