I missed an incredible number of species in CT during this spring migration because it was my busiest time ever at work and every day I went out on a weekend the weather did not cooperate.  So I decided to try to track down a few of these FOY species in NW CT after checking a large number of reports from July of this year, because I figured they are on territory by July.  Mt. Riga Rd and Mt. Washington Rd in Salisbury (my first visit) produced my FOY 1 Canada and 10 BT Blue Warblers (yes, I did not have BT  Blue for the year yet).  I checked Colebrook: Durst Rd. (MDC West Branch Area), Litchfield County,  Connecticut, US  -- the title from Dave Rosgen's 7/2 (7:15 pm) entry in which 10 Magnolia Warblers  were reported.  I was there about the same time today (5 pm, cool, overcast), but I saw/heard none.  After crossing over the dam, I walked south on Hogback Rd (from Durst Rd) along the river all the way  to where Hogback meets with Riverton Rd.  Then I retraced my steps all the way back to the dam.  2.8  miles round trip on Hogback. I do know they are rare nesters in NW CT, but 0 for 10?   Questions:  How could I not have even seen/heard one Magnolia if there were 10 here on 7/2?  Do they  not stick around after the nesting season like every other warbler does?  Perhaps they were not on territory on 7/2?  Dave - was I in the right place or did you have a permit to walk in the No Public Entry  area on the other side (west) of the river?  This is driving me crazy.  Any answers anyone?   Tim Antanaitis Middletown

Most of the warblers and "northern" breeders become very silent up this way....FYI Dave Tripp On Jul 25, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Tim Antanaitis wrote: > I missed an incredible number of species in CT during this spring migration because it was my busiest time > ever at work and every day I went out on a weekend the weather did not cooperate. So I decided to try > to track down a few of these FOY species in NW CT after checking a large number of reports from July > of this year, because I figured they are on territory by July. Mt. Riga Rd and Mt. Washington Rd in > Salisbury (my first visit) produced my FOY 1 Canada and 10 BT Blue Warblers (yes, I did not have BT > Blue for the year yet). I checked Colebrook: Durst Rd. (MDC West Branch Area), Litchfield County, > Connecticut, US -- the title from Dave Rosgen's 7/2 (7:15 pm) entry in which 10 Magnolia Warblers > were reported. I was there about the same time today (5 pm, cool, overcast), but I saw/heard none. > After crossing over the dam, I walked south on Hogback Rd (from Durst Rd) along the river all the way > to where Hogback meets with Riverton Rd. Then I retraced my steps all the way back to the dam. 2.8 > miles round trip on Hogback. I do know they are rare nesters in NW CT, but 0 for 10? > > Questions: How could I not have even seen/heard one Magnolia if there were 10 here on 7/2? Do they > not stick around after the nesting season like every other warbler does? Perhaps they were not on > territory on 7/2? Dave - was I in the right place or did you have a permit to walk in the No Public Entry > area on the other side (west) of the river? This is driving me crazy. Any answers anyone? > > Tim Antanaitis > Middletown > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

Dave's right on that. This time if year can be pretty quite in the woods, except right around dawn. Many warblers are moving now and several species are headed south already. I've been hearing migrating Yellow Warblers for a week or more along the shore. It's a little surprising how quickly breeders get quiet. I hiked the presidential range in NH at the end of June, and even though most of the 20+ miles was above treeline, the birds were already singing significantly less. The few Bicknell's Thrushes I heard were calling much more than singing already, and the Swainsons Thrushes were singing even less than the Bicknell's. The period of time we in new england get to enjoy the songs of the neotropical migrants is way too short for my liking. Dave Provencher On Thursday, July 25, 2013, David Tripp Jr wrote: > Most of the warblers and "northern" breeders become very silent up this > way....FYI > > > Dave Tripp > > > On Jul 25, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Tim Antanaitis wrote: > > > >

Speaking of the summer's changes in song.... The Oven Bird BY ROBERT FROST There is a singer everyone has heard, Loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird, Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again. He says that leaves are old and that for flowers Mid-summer is to spring as one to ten. He says the early petal-fall is past When pear and cherry bloom went down in showers On sunny days a moment overcast; And comes that other fall we name the fall. He says the highway dust is over all. The bird would cease and be as other birds But that he knows in singing not to sing. The question that he frames in all but words Is what to make of a diminished thing. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173533 Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2013, at 11:31 PM, Dave Provencher <hikerbirder@gmail.com> wrote: > Dave's right on that. This time if year can be pretty quite in the woods, > except right around dawn. Many warblers are moving now and several species > are headed south already. I've been hearing migrating Yellow Warblers for a > week or more along the shore. > It's a little surprising how quickly breeders get quiet. I hiked the > presidential range in NH at the end of June, and even though most of the > 20+ miles was above treeline, the birds were already singing significantly > less. The few Bicknell's Thrushes I heard were calling much more than > singing already, and the Swainsons Thrushes were singing even less than the > Bicknell's. > > The period of time we in new england get to enjoy the songs of the > neotropical migrants is way too short for my liking. > > Dave Provencher > > > On Thursday, July 25, 2013, David Tripp Jr wrote: > >> Most of the warblers and "northern" breeders become very silent up this >> way....FYI >> >> >> Dave Tripp >> >> >> On Jul 25, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Tim Antanaitis wrote: >> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org