[birdky] RPT: Redstarts, redstarts, redstarts . . .
- From: Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 10:37:37 -0400
If 15 minutes in eastern Jefferson County this morning is any indication, I
honestly have to wonder if American Redstart may be the commonest bird in
Kentucky today. Held back by a about two weeks of south winds and the
recent rain, last night's frontal passage and clearing skies certainly
opened the floodgates for migrants. I saw at least 12 redstarts in fifteen
minutes around the house. Other migrants included a Bobolink, Swainson's
Thrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Palm Warbler (pretty early), Magnolia
Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler and Tennessee Warbler.
Regarding the numbers of redstarts, this species has always been common as a
migrant in KY, esp in fall, but land use changes on its breeding grounds are
likely resulting in significant increases. Early successional forest abounds
in southern Canada and the northern Great Lakes states as a result of
several insect pests that have ravaged some northern conifer types, logging
of older forest tracts, and reversion of some abandoned farmland. This
combination apparently has created a bonanza for this and others inhabiting
young forest and edge.
bpb, Louisville
brainard.palmer-ball AT mail.state.ky.us
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