ML619105135
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We came here looking for this species, after seeing others' reports, but the Park Lyndon North trails (north of North Territorial Road) seemingly are not the place to look. We hiked all the trails here and didn't hear or see any Cerulean Warblers, so we continued northeast beyond the park on the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail until we reached Embury Road. We only found singing Ceruleans once we were within a couple hundred meters of Embury Road, after the trail had climbed out of the marshy areas for the final time and entered drier hardwood forest, which I gather is better breeding habitat for this species. We had at least 3 singing birds within earshot here, and we pretty quickly got views of one of the singing males, high in a leafing-out deciduous tree along the road. This singing Cerulean got chased away vigorously by another bird, which I think was another male Cerulean. I saw them repeat this behavior a couple times in different places. Views mostly from below against an overcast sky, so not great, but I eventually pieced together some pretty satisfying looks at a couple different individuals here. If looking for Cerulean Warblers, I recommend parking at the Embury Road trail crossing (42.3904, -84.0545) and reporting from the Embury Road hotspot, or going to Park Lyndon South, where they were singing right at the trailhead.
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