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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 20:06:45 10/12/07
This afternoon I found a female Townsend's Warbler at Kendall Indian Hammock Park. The bird was found in a stand of oaks along the main park road between the SW 107 Avenue entrance and the ball fields. The location is generally marked by the 17th tee of the frisbee golf course. The bird was also seen by Roberto Torres, Raul Urgelles, Larry and Phillip Manfredi, Mickey Wheeler, Paul Bithorn and Bill Boeringer. Mickey was able to snap a few photos of the bird.
This area was thick with warblers; the following 15 species occasionally succeeded in dragging us away from the Townsend's:
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
I started my walk at the western end of the park; in the tropical hardwood hammock I found Cooper's Hawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson's Thrush, Summer Tanager and Scarlet Tanager, plus good numbers of Black-throated Blue Warblers and American Redstarts; a single Black-and-white Warbler was the only warbler I saw in the hammock interior.
The Townsend's was seen until dusk, so there's a good chance it will be there again tomorrow.
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