I caught back up with the Golden winged Warbler that has now been present for over a month in Montague. It was originally found on May 8th by Amasa and Genlyne Fiske-White and I first caught up with it on May 10th. Many birders made the trip to see the bird during May but there had been few recent sightings of the bird save for James seeing it on two visits (as well as Hooded Warbler during a visit on June 3rd). I originally had no plans to try for it again today but my initial plan for conducting field surveys on Prescott Peninsula got sidelined when I arrived on the peninsula to find the weather very breezy. Since I was already in Franklin County I decided to head a bit west and try for the Golden winged Warbler. I actually found it fairly quickly and got a few shots before it disappeared, never to be seen again despite some time looking and waiting. The bird was mainly silent but would occasionally sing a very quiet Blue winged Warbler dawn song. There was no indication that the bird had found a mate but I would not be surprised if it found a Blue winged Warbler to breed with. I also looked around a bit for the Hooded Warbler but no luck with that species.
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