Interesting on the RB Nut situation. I'm still leaving a small amount of seeds out as our wintering pair is still around. Will they stay to breed? The seeds will stay out as long as they're around. I too had 0 RB Gulls during my outing on Sunday, covering plenty of varied habitat. On Apr 25, 2017 8:35 AM, "Shaibal Mitra" <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote:
> Red-breasted Nuthatch is an example of a species whose movements are > particularly complex and difficult to understand. They breed over a vast > area, and variable numbers of birds occupy essentially that entire area > during the winter as well. But some birds move south, the proportion of > which varies tremendously from year to year, and the distances covered by > these migrants can be huge. Feeder watchers are in position to note the > actual dates of departure of over-wintering individuals, which provides > very useful information. In other similar cases, such as the departures of > individual adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls from their wintering sites, our > local winter residents seem to move out noticeably earlier than the peak of > northbound migration (mid March vs. early April, in this example). My own > impression of spring migration of Red-breasted Nuthatches on Long Island is > that it occurs during May. > > There are multiple possible interpretations for this pattern. For > instance, it is possible that the more southerly wintering birds are those > that breed the farthest north, and that they migrate later accordingly. > Another possibility is that residents that have been faithful to particular > sites during the winter leave those sites well before they commence actual > migration, perhaps wandering around the regional landscape for a couple of > weeks when days lengthen and weather improves. Something of this sort seems > to occur with feeder birds because there seems to be a pulse of detections > of rare species each year around the March-April period when known > over-wintering birds tend to vanish. In other words, rare (and other) birds > that have been wintering unreported at feeders and in other favorable sites > begin moving around and are more likely to be encountered by birders. > > On a related topic, I've noticed recently that adult Ring-billed Gulls > have vanished from Long Island, and I didn't notice when this happened. My > own last large counts were on 1-2 April, and all my recent records have > involved SY and TY immatures, in small numbers. My feeling is that the > arrival dates of warblers are pretty well covered, but when it comes to the > departure dates of age classes of gulls, there's plenty of work to be done! > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-121459421-11143...@list.cornell.edu [ > bounce-121459421-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Raina [ > twinros...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 8:35 AM > To: Larry Trachtenberg; Orhan Birol > Cc: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Red breasted Nuthatch > > We have had an abundance of red breasted nuthatches this year to our yard > feeders in Suffolk County. At least 4 individuals continue to visit daily. > And then we have the occasional white breasted who visits about twice a > week. Far more red breasted this year by us than ever before. > > > On Saturday, April 22, 2017 11:57 PM, Larry Trachtenberg < > trachtenb...@amsllp.com> wrote: > > > Not sure if late as its been years since I have had them regularly until > this year. But I also saw 1x at our feeders today. Two RB nuthatch (at > least one seen) virtually every day I have been around to look since Oct. > 19, 2016 which was first day last fall I noticed. > > L. Trachtenberg > Ossining. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 22, 2017, at 10:08 PM, Orhan Birol <orhanbir...@gmail.com<mailto: > orhanbir...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Still showing at the suet feeder been around since November, rather late?? > Orhan Birol > Shelter Island > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/ > NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@ > cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
