Despite a lack of overall migration, there were some good birds around North
Dutchess County today. At Ferncliff Forest in Rhinebeck this morning I was
shocked when I heard what sounded like a textbook GOLDEN WINGED WARBLER call
close to the firetower on the East Tower Trail. As fate would have
I finally was able to do a little birding this morning, and was able to watch a
hunting Coopers Hawk until he made a power dive out of sight (staying out of
sight, for what I took to be a probable successful hunt). I also saw my FOS
E. Wood Peewee, Prairie Warbler and Vesper Sparrow,with the
It is interesting to look at arrival dates in the more northerly
parts of the breeding range - for example Peters & Burleigh (The
Birds of Newfoundland) give the earliest date for Ovenbird as May 19
and Common Yellowthroat as May 27!
Paul Sweet
At 03:31 PM 5/25/2011, Shaibal Mitra wrote:
>The
Had a Yellow-throated Warbler (albilora) at Hunter's Garden on CR 51 in
Eastport today. The bird was deep in the trails to the west of the clearing.
North and east of where "Toppings Path" meets "Hot Water Street" . Also had
a nice male Blackburnian Warbler as well as a couple American Redstarts.
The yellowthroats and Ovenbirds were surely regular migrants heading north (the
date for my Ovenbird max at Fire Island was as late as 19 May). For abundant
passerine migrants, I doubt that floaters contribute significantly to maximum
counts.
Many common migrants max out much later than people
In the past, I've heard the term "floater" used. This applies to maybe first
year individuals or others that, for whatever reason, have not yet established
a territory. This would likely apply to many species. One of the things in
Alley that tipped me off that birds had moved was the number of O
Remnants of yesterday's coastal flight were still evident during a brief visit
to Robert Moses SP this morning.
Most interesting to me were large numbers of passage-migrant Common
Yellowthroats bouncing westward and getting up into the pines and other
settings neglected by the local breeders. I
I just received a call from Sean Sime that the Black-bellied Whistling
Ducks at Wallkill River NWR were still present as of 7:15am today.
Good birding,
Rob
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