Howdy Al and All, I agree that migration was slow to short. I am 16 species behind last year through May in my yard. My most accurate comparison. I work many hours from home and don't think I miss a whole lot. Both years I took a full week of vacation the third week of may for landscaping projects. And held a big yard day both years. I have only seen 80 species this year compared to 96 by this date last year. I'm sure this was do to weather patterns and not leaving a lot of good days for stop over time. Only two days with more than 3-4 warbler species, and those days only brought 7 and 9.
Good birding, Blaine Seeliger Dakota Co ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net> To: <mou-...@cbs.umn.edu>; <mnb...@lists.mnbird.net> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 2:19 PM Subject: [SPAM] [mnbird] Gilman; Warbler Report > Stopped at Gilman Ponds again this morning: Yellow-billed Cuckoo calling > across the street, good number of late shorebirds (although the Willet has > moved on). > > Have been monitoring warbler migration discussions on various listservs, > decided to look over my own numbers/trends for this spring. These would > cover Sherburne, Mille Lacs and (to a lesser degree) Aitkin Counties - > birded 5-6 days per week throughout the month, primarily morning walks. > > * Relatively frequent sightings during migration (10-100+ > sighting/hearings) - Blue-winged, Golden-winged, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, > Yellow-rumped, Palm, Black-and-White, American Redstart, Ovenbird, > Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat > > * Less frequent (4-9 sightings/hearings) - Tennessee, Nashville (both > surprising), Cape May, Black-throated Green, Pine, Wilson's > > * Barely there (1-3 sightings/hearings) - Orange-crowned, Northern Parula, > Magnolia (unusual), Blackburnian (same), Blackpoll, Connecticut, Mourning > (they nest here) - many of these only one > > * Non-existent - Bay-breasted, Canada (usually have multiples of both), > Black-throated Blue (not surprising), southern warblers > > Virtually no waves (two, both primarily Yellow-rumped early). High day > was 17 (historically break 20 one to three times per season, both in > southern WI & here). From this birder's somewhat subjective viewpoint, it > was a slow spring. > > Am also eighteen overall species behind last year's totals through 5/31. > > Good birding to all! > > Al Schirmacher > Princeton, MN > Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnb...@lists.mnbird.net > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird