Re: [cobirds] Jeffco Whimbrel, M. Godwit etc.

[Scott Somershoe]

This is not fully comprehensive but it covers a lot. There's another place
where a lot of tracking projects are collated but I can't remember what it
is at the moment.  It's Friday afternoon :)
http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/

Scott Somershoe
Littleton CO


On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 2:29 PM 'The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds <
cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Hi Scott
>
> Know of an aggregator website that has all project maps of all tagged bird
> species to view real-time various species locations?
>
> Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn
> http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org
>
> https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland
>
>
> On Friday, July 10, 2020 at 12:38:46 PM UTC-6, Scott Somershoe wrote:
>>
>> I'll just add a couple notes on these "early" shorebirds.  They are right
>> on time, like others have noted.  The summer solstice is when southbound
>> birds start arriving (yup, June 21 or so). There are always a few birds
>> where you're not sure if they are going south or just didn't go to the
>> arctic or what their direction/status is.  Anyway, as a crazy example, I
>> helped with the Georgia Breeding Bird Atlas in summer 2000 and had a
>> Greater Yellowlegs on Cumberland Island about 24 June (can't find exact
>> date at the moment, but it was just after the 22nd, which I
>> distinctly remember for a couple reasons).
>>
>> Willets, Marbled Godwits, and other prairie breeders discussed in this
>> thread definitely fail and bail (as I say), much like arctic breeders.
>> When I run my BBS routes in the prairies of north central Montana usually
>> between 7-13 June, I'll see groups of 60+ Marbled Godwits.  They likely all
>> had failed nests or didn't nest. I've still never seen a godwit chick,
>> which is concerning since I see young of everything else when I'm
>> stomping around the prairie for a week or more.  I'm sure I've been near
>> some as if you're anywhere near a nest or young, they circle and attack you
>> constantly, sometimes following you for over a mile. This does provide some
>> great photo opps though!
>>
>> In the case of Long-billed Curlews, several satellite tagged females from
>> Idaho have been on their winter sites in southern Calif for nearly 3
>> weeks!  A couple eastern WY breeders passed through CO already and are in
>> far south Texas and in northern Mexico just south of Brownsville, TX.
>> Another WY breeder is down in the southern end of the Chihuahuan desert in
>> central Mexico!
>>
>> LB Curlew females bolt and leave the males with parental duty! Adult
>> females get into little groups and head out together. However males arrive
>> back on breeding grounds first.
>>
>> I've probably shared this page before, here's info on tagged curlews.
>> This is a great organization and partnership. IBO has done a fantastic job
>> on curlew work and outreach in Idaho where they had a lot of tagged curlews
>> shot.
>> https://www.curlewcrew.com/
>>
>> Scott Somershoe
>> Littleton CO
>> Co-Author of *Birds of Tennessee: A New Annotated Checklist
>> *
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 9:32 AM Allison Hilf  wrote:
>>
>>> There have been some satellite tagged shorebirds heading south for a few
>>> weeks.  Just on schedule.   As Joe mentioned, they are often birds that
>>> failed to nest   Because the time frame for nesting in much of their
>>> preferred arctic habitat is very short, if a first nest fails the adults
>>> often leave; sometimes they attempt a second brood and the female will stay
>>> and try to raise the young on her own.   Those males seem to take care of
>>> themselves!!  Just kidding, it is survival of the fittest out there in the
>>> bird world despite sex.
>>>
>>> Allison Hilf
>>> Aurora, CO
>>>
>>> On Jul 10, 2020, at 8:40 AM, Joe Roller  wrote:
>>>
>>> .
>>>
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Re: [cobirds] Jeffco Whimbrel, M. Godwit etc.

['The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds]

Hi Scott

Know of an aggregator website that has all project maps of all tagged bird 
species to view real-time various species locations?

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland


On Friday, July 10, 2020 at 12:38:46 PM UTC-6, Scott Somershoe wrote:
>
> I'll just add a couple notes on these "early" shorebirds.  They are right 
> on time, like others have noted.  The summer solstice is when southbound 
> birds start arriving (yup, June 21 or so). There are always a few birds 
> where you're not sure if they are going south or just didn't go to the 
> arctic or what their direction/status is.  Anyway, as a crazy example, I 
> helped with the Georgia Breeding Bird Atlas in summer 2000 and had a 
> Greater Yellowlegs on Cumberland Island about 24 June (can't find exact 
> date at the moment, but it was just after the 22nd, which I 
> distinctly remember for a couple reasons). 
>
> Willets, Marbled Godwits, and other prairie breeders discussed in this 
> thread definitely fail and bail (as I say), much like arctic breeders.  
> When I run my BBS routes in the prairies of north central Montana usually 
> between 7-13 June, I'll see groups of 60+ Marbled Godwits.  They likely all 
> had failed nests or didn't nest. I've still never seen a godwit chick, 
> which is concerning since I see young of everything else when I'm 
> stomping around the prairie for a week or more.  I'm sure I've been near 
> some as if you're anywhere near a nest or young, they circle and attack you 
> constantly, sometimes following you for over a mile. This does provide some 
> great photo opps though!
>
> In the case of Long-billed Curlews, several satellite tagged females from 
> Idaho have been on their winter sites in southern Calif for nearly 3 
> weeks!  A couple eastern WY breeders passed through CO already and are in 
> far south Texas and in northern Mexico just south of Brownsville, TX.  
> Another WY breeder is down in the southern end of the Chihuahuan desert in 
> central Mexico!
>
> LB Curlew females bolt and leave the males with parental duty! Adult 
> females get into little groups and head out together. However males arrive 
> back on breeding grounds first.
>
> I've probably shared this page before, here's info on tagged curlews.  
> This is a great organization and partnership. IBO has done a fantastic job 
> on curlew work and outreach in Idaho where they had a lot of tagged curlews 
> shot.
> https://www.curlewcrew.com/  
>
> Scott Somershoe
> Littleton CO
> Co-Author of *Birds of Tennessee: A New Annotated Checklist 
> *
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 9:32 AM Allison Hilf  > wrote:
>
>> There have been some satellite tagged shorebirds heading south for a few 
>> weeks.  Just on schedule.   As Joe mentioned, they are often birds that 
>> failed to nest   Because the time frame for nesting in much of their 
>> preferred arctic habitat is very short, if a first nest fails the adults 
>> often leave; sometimes they attempt a second brood and the female will stay 
>> and try to raise the young on her own.   Those males seem to take care of 
>> themselves!!  Just kidding, it is survival of the fittest out there in the 
>> bird world despite sex.
>>
>> Allison Hilf
>> Aurora, CO
>>
>> On Jul 10, 2020, at 8:40 AM, Joe Roller > 
>> wrote:
>>
>> .
>>
>>
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Re: [cobirds] Jeffco Whimbrel, M. Godwit etc.

[Scott Somershoe]

I'll just add a couple notes on these "early" shorebirds.  They are right
on time, like others have noted.  The summer solstice is when southbound
birds start arriving (yup, June 21 or so). There are always a few birds
where you're not sure if they are going south or just didn't go to the
arctic or what their direction/status is.  Anyway, as a crazy example, I
helped with the Georgia Breeding Bird Atlas in summer 2000 and had a
Greater Yellowlegs on Cumberland Island about 24 June (can't find exact
date at the moment, but it was just after the 22nd, which I
distinctly remember for a couple reasons).

Willets, Marbled Godwits, and other prairie breeders discussed in this
thread definitely fail and bail (as I say), much like arctic breeders.
When I run my BBS routes in the prairies of north central Montana usually
between 7-13 June, I'll see groups of 60+ Marbled Godwits.  They likely all
had failed nests or didn't nest. I've still never seen a godwit chick,
which is concerning since I see young of everything else when I'm
stomping around the prairie for a week or more.  I'm sure I've been near
some as if you're anywhere near a nest or young, they circle and attack you
constantly, sometimes following you for over a mile. This does provide some
great photo opps though!

In the case of Long-billed Curlews, several satellite tagged females from
Idaho have been on their winter sites in southern Calif for nearly 3
weeks!  A couple eastern WY breeders passed through CO already and are in
far south Texas and in northern Mexico just south of Brownsville, TX.
Another WY breeder is down in the southern end of the Chihuahuan desert in
central Mexico!

LB Curlew females bolt and leave the males with parental duty! Adult
females get into little groups and head out together. However males arrive
back on breeding grounds first.

I've probably shared this page before, here's info on tagged curlews.  This
is a great organization and partnership. IBO has done a fantastic job on
curlew work and outreach in Idaho where they had a lot of tagged curlews
shot.
https://www.curlewcrew.com/

Scott Somershoe
Littleton CO
Co-Author of *Birds of Tennessee: A New Annotated Checklist
*


On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 9:32 AM Allison Hilf  wrote:

> There have been some satellite tagged shorebirds heading south for a few
> weeks.  Just on schedule.   As Joe mentioned, they are often birds that
> failed to nest   Because the time frame for nesting in much of their
> preferred arctic habitat is very short, if a first nest fails the adults
> often leave; sometimes they attempt a second brood and the female will stay
> and try to raise the young on her own.   Those males seem to take care of
> themselves!!  Just kidding, it is survival of the fittest out there in the
> bird world despite sex.
>
> Allison Hilf
> Aurora, CO
>
> On Jul 10, 2020, at 8:40 AM, Joe Roller  wrote:
>
> .
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Re: [cobirds] Jeffco Whimbrel, M. Godwit etc.

[Allison Hilf]

There have been some satellite tagged shorebirds heading south for a few weeks. 
 Just on schedule.   As Joe mentioned, they are often birds that failed to nest 
  Because the time frame for nesting in much of their preferred arctic habitat 
is very short, if a first nest fails the adults often leave; sometimes they 
attempt a second brood and the female will stay and try to raise the young on 
her own.   Those males seem to take care of themselves!!  Just kidding, it is 
survival of the fittest out there in the bird world despite sex.

Allison Hilf
Aurora, CO
> On Jul 10, 2020, at 8:40 AM, Joe Roller  wrote:
> 
> .

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Re: [cobirds] Jeffco Whimbrel, M. Godwit etc.

[Joe Roller]

Although it's hard to be sure, my guess is that those juicy shorebirds were
moving SOUTH, having failed at nesting up north somehow. I presume they were
adults, but let us know if they were younger, please.

Joe Roller, Denver

"Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like bananas".


On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:47 AM Mitchell Bailey <
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> Joey Negreann and I also saw a handful of willets at Cherry Creek State
> Park along with two or more least sandpipers and a western sandpiper. Feels
> like just yesterday shorebirds were moving north.
>
> Mitchell Bailey
> Arapahoe County
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