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[Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Friends,

I asked my friend David Holmes the question about the apparently
small number of Tennessee Warblers.  He has been part of a banding
effort on an island off the coast of Maine for many years.  (As an
aside,he is also the person who first taught me how to band birds.) 
He also has run a few BBS routes in western Maryland and south
central Pennsylvania for a number of years.

Here, with his permission, is his response. 

Charlie

--- "David W. Holmes"  wrote:

> From: "David W. Holmes" <dwholmes@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Charlie" <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: TEWA?
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:47:26 -0500
> 
> I'd have to look this up.  We no longer get enough TEWA's to be
> able to think of trends.  25 years ago, our fall catch was 30 to 40
>birds.  For the last 5 years or more, it has been 1 to 5.  There was
>a large Spruce Budworm outbreak in eastern Canada in the late 70's. 
>These guys are spruce budworm feeders if I understand them
>correctly.  The control of that outbreak preceded the absolute
>devastation of TEWA, CMWA, and BBWA numbers on Appledore.  I think I
>can remember 3 birds this fall and do not have figures from the
>final 2 weeks of netting.  (I was right - we banded 2 and had 1 
>sighting).

>  I want to know about BBS results since mine were low by about a 
> quarter across the board.  Becky Suomala (ASNH employee and one of
> our banders) is suggesting West Nile.   Comments??    Sorry I don't
> know more. 

> Cheers in spite of it all,      David
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charlie" <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "David Holmes" <dwholmes@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 7:37 AM
> Subject: TEWA?
> 
> 
> > HI David,
> >
> > Just a quick note with a question:  What is your perception of
> TEWA numbers this fall?  Each of the 3 primary migration banding
> stations here in the mountains reported greatly decreased capture
rates (One, which averages 360+, caught something like 74!)  Also,
many birders, including myself, saw fewer than expected at certain
times and places.
> > Speculation abounds:  bad breeding season?  Did migrants get
> pushed to different routes by hurricanes?  Did they ride atop
geese? 
> :-)
> >
> > I hope all is well with you.
> >
> > Charlie

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Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer."  -Edward Abbey
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