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Hi Donna,
I'm glad you appreciate the reports!
I did my breeding bird survey route yesterday. I also noticed that the
number of American Redstarts was down, and I was missing a few expected
species like Winter Wren. I agree with you that the cold, wet weather could
have had a toll. Let's hope the weather improves, and there is enough
resilience in our swallows and neotropical birds to make the best of the
time that remains in June and July.
The young European Starlings were fledged but still close to the nest at the
time of my route; done on the same weekend this year and last. Since there
are quite a few of these, I thought it would be interesting to compare the
counts in the two years to see if there might be an indication of a weather
effect. So, the count this year was 94 (mostly young) starlings compared to
93 last year. Maybe the starlings are a hopeful sign!
John
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> On
Behalf Of Donna Crossland
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2019 15:00
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Nocturnal migration for the 1st Week of June-thank
you!
John:
Your reports have been wonderfully informative and interesting, John. I,
and I am sure others, greatly appreciated knowing when which species
arrived, which often corresponded with what we were observing, but could
only surmise that they had just arrived.
On another note, I conducted 5, 10 min point counts this AM in mature, late
successional forest near a lake. The weather was good, but I was surprised
by the absence of some species. Of note, there were no vocalizations of
LEFL, AMRE, and BAWW. YRWA was occasional only. Among the species that
were present were: NOPA, MAWA, BLBW, BTNW, BTBW, SWTH, REVI, OVEN (but fewer
than expected), WIWR, and PUFI. This is not an exhaustive list, as I
haven't time to summarize them all just now. I question whether the very
cold and very wet weather through much of the period since their arrival has
dampened some of the breeding activity. There was quite a deluge in the
area on Thursday, enough to flood some cup nests. Hopefully this is a
temporary glitch, or my observations were just an anomaly.
Thanks,
Donna
On 2019-06-09 11:28 a.m., John Kearney wrote:
Hi All,
Nocturnal migration diminished throughout the first week of June to almost
no activity by the end of the week. The most common bird was the Common
Yellowthroat (11 estimated birds). Among the late arrivals were Canada
Warbler (2 estimated birds) and Common Nighthawk (2 estimated birds). The
most unusual bird for the week was an Indigo Bunting at 7 minutes past
midnight on 5 June.
This will be the last weekly report until the autumn migration.
John
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expected species like Winter Wren. I agree with you that the cold, wet =
weather could have had a toll. Let’s hope the weather improves, =
and there is enough resilience in our swallows and neotropical birds to =
make the best of the time that remains in June and July. =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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