Date: 5/15/26 5:23 pm From: John and Linda Frederick <0000067ecfb442d3-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Looking for some very good warbler birding in the second half of May?
Great idea from Edge! The LAD foundation does wonderful work in the Ozarks.
And I have a suggestion for another place to bird just off Hwy 19 on your
way to/from Pioneer Forest: Indian Trail Conservation Area (formerly
Indian Trail State Forest). 13000+ acres of varied habitats and really
under-birded. I recently made two visits there. Mine were the first
checklists in eBird in a year!
Linda Frederick
Rolla MO
On Fri, May 15, 2026, 5:23 PM Edge Wade <
<00000631c0031214-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Well, that got botched!
> The May weeks without bird records are:
> May week 3 and 4 for the Pioneer Forest--Woods Hole hotspot
> May week 4 for the Pioneer Forest-Virgin Pines Randolph tract hotspot.
>
> Time for a couple aspirin...
>
> Edge Wade
> <1edgewade...>
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM Edge Wade <1edgewade...> wrote:
>
>> eBird hotspots Pioneer Forest—Virgin Pine Randolph Tract and Pioneer
>> Forest--Woods Hole are contiguous sites between Hwy. 19 and the Current
>> River offering excellent birding in all seasons, but are especially good
>> for warblers in May (think Swainson's, Hooded, etc.)
>>
>> MBS and the L-A-D Foundation have an agreement for MBS members to conduct
>> bird surveys at these hotspots to develop a more complete understanding of
>> bird occurrence. The earnings from this program are credited to the MBS
>> Young Birders Scholarship account.
>>
>> No visits have been reported for:
>> Pioneer Forest--Virgin Pine Randolph Tract Jun week 4; Jul week 2
>> Pioneer Forest--Woods Hole Jun weeks 1,2; Jul weeks 1,2,3
>>
>> Before you go, learn what to expect in the downloadable Birding Site
>> Guide at https://mobirds.org/Birding/SiteGuides.aspx, and select the
>> Pioneer Forest site guide.
>> Edge Wade
>> MBS Conservation Partnership Coordinator
>> <1edgewade...>
>>
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