Thanks Jay. We are at altitude here and dates a a rule run well behind Ithaca, MNWR or Watkins Glen. The 28 year norm for ATSP ihere is 10/28 and the previous late arr dates were 11/12 and 11/16 -the previous two falls!There has not been a pattern of increasing late arr dates over the years. My best guess is that food supply at lower altitude was sufficient and they are just now seeking the higher ground or, the birds normally routed this way were diverted by weather pattern this year. I tend to believe the latter given a similar routing disparity with our NSWO encounters. (saw-whets). John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat"
On Mon, November 25, 2013 10:15, Jay McGowan wrote: > Interesting. For what it's worth, I had my first American Tree Sparrow of > the fall here at Sapsucker Woods on October 31, and I have seen them every > day since then in the Ithaca area and north to Montezuma and the Lake > Ontario shore. There have been groups of 40+ along Towpath Road since at > least November 9 (with fewer individuals at least as early as November 2), > and they have been present and audible at almost every location in the > Ithaca area with suitable habitat I have visited since about November 8. > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 7:41 AM, John and Sue Gregoire <k...@empacc.net>wrote: > >> We had our first of the fall on Sunday -quite a bit later than the 28 year >> norm. >> -- >> John and Sue Gregoire >> Field Ornithologists >> Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory >> 5373 Fitzgerald Road >> Burdett,NY 14818-9626 >> Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ >> "Conserve and Create Habitat" >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> >> >> > > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > jw...@cornell.edu > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
