After starting out the morning at Stillwater Marsh, where I didn't get any new birds at all, I drove over to Yellowwood State Forest. I went into the woods below the dam and spillway, and soon had Yellow-throated Vireo (year bird number 157). Nothing new after that, so I drove to the north end of the lake. In the woods along the river, I heard the distinctive "chorry chorry chorry" of a Kentucky Warbler. Even though the song is similar to that of a Carolina Wren, I knew this was different, and I was very excited, as Kentucky Warbler would be a lifer. The bird kept moving around, and I couldn't seem to pin it down. Suddenly, it hopped out onto a dead limb and sat there for me to admire for about ten minutes. KENTUCKY WARBLER is life bird number 717, ABA Area/North America bird number 572, Indiana state bird number 193, and year bird number 158. Walking back to the car, I found a brilliant male Scarlet Tanager (year bird number 159).
My warbler count is now up to 16 species for the year.
Posted by Birdingdave at April 26, 2004 09:14 PMDude, congrats. I've been looking for KEWA forever and never run across one. I'll try to feed off your karma. Very spotty in AZ, but annual.
Posted by: Mad AZ Monk at April 27, 2004 03:49 AM