[obol] Re: Detroit flats willow flycatcher, hammonds flycatcher, and macgillivrays warbler

  • From: "Wayne Hoffman" <whoffman@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>, <brandon.green18@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:12:12 -0700

Hi, all - 

I think these April Hermit Thrushes are a different subspecies than the
little brown ones that winter here, and look enough different to contribute
to people's confusion.

Wayne

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Subject: [obol] Re: Detroit flats willow flycatcher, hammonds flycatcher,
and macgillivrays warbler

Brandon,

Just because Swainson's Thrushes are being reported in northern California
does not necessarily mean they are there. As Jeff Gilligan and Tim Rodenkirk
have suggested, a Swainson's here and now would be exceptionally early. As
Jeff pointed out, Hermit Thrushes are moving through w. OR right now. Every
year Swainson's get reported in Oregon in April. On the rate occasion when
one of these reports is accompanied by a photo, the picture shows a Hermit
Thrush. 

I suspect that the n. CA Swainson's Thrush reports are just as suspect as
the recent ORr eports. I happily await the opportunity to be shown that the
arrival window for Swainson's is now in April. Tim Rodenkirk is out birding
every day on the southern OR coast, where Swainson's typically arrive
earlier than they do in the Willamette Valley. He has seen and heard none. 

Dave Irons
Portland, OR

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On Apr 24, 2014, at 4:20 PM, "Brandon Green" <brandon.green18@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Swainson's Thrushes have already been reported in far northern CA.  It's
likely that at least a few have crossed the border by now.  Still seems
early for Northwest Oregon, but maybe not unprecedented.
> 
> I'm skeptical of Willow Flycatcher in Detroit.  I typically don't see them
until late May/early June in Eugene.  eBird is currently showing one report
for the entire Western U.S. (Arizona).
> 
> -Brandon
> 


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