Wednesday 25 April, 2012 As has been noted a bit to this list and farther northeast along the Atlantic coastline, a lot of neotropical migrants had been swept up and then deposited along shores as far as Canada, indeed their Maritime provinces seem to be the main recipient as has happened in past such early spring events. Reports are still filtering in & there may be much more but such species as Yellow-throated & Prothonotary Warblers, & Indigo Buntings, Blue & Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are among the most-oft mentioned in various reports from way "down" east. Newfoundland has not chimed in with a great deal so far although a sadly-dead Purple Gallinule was found very recently there, however it was thought that it may have been a remnant-relict from last fall or early winter. The 'fallout' of southern-breeding species was also seen at least modestly thus far from southern Maine with Summer Tanager being noted along with a couple of other species at one location there.
Machias Seal Island, off the Maine / New Brunswick (Canada) coast, had a report in from Ralph Eldridge for "only" 2 dozen Blue Grosbeaks, about a dozen Indigo Bunting, and "merely" a half-dozen Rose-breasted Grosbeaks... Unrelated, perhaps, but of interest a bit west are Say's Phoebe & Fork- tailed Flycatcher reports out of s. Ontario, in recent days. & good NY birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
