[Maine-birds] MOWA continues! -- Flint Woods, Farmington

Greetings, birding friends! After not connecting with it since last Saturday and pretty much giving up on it, I heard "the" Flint Woods MOWA today in a different location along the Lookout Trail, roughly midway between its junctions with the Low Traverse trail to the west and Crosscut trail to the east. This is basically the northernmost edge of the area. The spot where I heard the bird is fairly level, with scrubby trees visible just beyond the taller trees along the trail. The song is "identical" to what I've recorded previously. I posted the best recording I have to eBird just now.

Tashi and I are moving over to Industry and won't be able to visit Flint Woods on an almost-daily basis as we have this past year. It's been wicked fun to have this MOWA on our patch and meet up with a surprising number of visiting birders as a result of its presence. I hope it's found a mate and will breed successfully in Flint Woods, and that others will relocate it and report to the listserv.

Flint Woods is a lovely, quiet and diverse area that's fun, safe and easy to bird. Highly recommended for anyone birding Franklin County at any time of year.

Peace & good birding,

Scott Cronenweth

Industry, ME

scottcronenweth@icloud.com

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From: ebird-checklist@cornell.edu

Subject: eBird Report - Flint Woods, Farmington, Jun 11, 2017

Date: June 11, 2017 at 9:01:01 AM EDT

To: scottcronenweth@icloud.com

Flint Woods, Farmington, Franklin, Maine, US
Jun 11, 2017 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Relocated the Mourning Warbler that has been in the area since mid-May :-D
26 species

Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1
Ovenbird  4
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Mourning Warbler  1     After not connecting with it for 8 days I heard "the" MOWA today along the Lookout Trail, midway between its junctions with Low Traverse and Crosscut trails. The terrain levels out in this area and scrubby trees are visible just beyond the older trees along the trail. The song is "identical" to what I've recorded previously.
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  1
Blackburnian Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Indigo Bunting  1
American Goldfinch  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37523207

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