[obol] Re: Malheur Update
- From: Tim Rodenkirk <garbledmodwit@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tim Blount <harneybirder@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 11:47:08 -0700 (PDT)
Tim,
Here is what the Birds of Oregon account says for Common Nighthawk:
"Typically arrives in the last week of May in e. Oregon and the first week of
June in w. Oregon. In e. Oregon, average arrival near Bend is 29 May (n=15, C.
Miller, unpublished data) and 24 May at Malheur NWR with little variation
between the earliest (20 May) and the latest (28 May) dates (Littlefield
1990a)."
Tim I suspect there is warm spells every year, that is nothing unusual. Having
a bird on the 3rd is not just a little early, it is way early. This species is
occasionally mistaken (I would assume) as being seen in April and early May on
the west side.
I don't know if there are any other (reliable) earlier reports (before the
20th) from Harney Co. but all I can say is wow!?
Tim Rodenkirk
Coos Bay
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From: Tim Blount <harneybirder@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tim Rodenkirk <garbledmodwit@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [obol] Re: Malheur Update
Hi Tim,
There was no doubt it was a Common Nighthawk. I remember we had very warm
weather that week.
Tim
On May 26, 2013 11:26 AM, "Tim Rodenkirk" <garbledmodwit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tim,
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>Your sighting is unprecedented. In fact, it is so early it would be one people
>would want details on. Most early may C. Nighthawk records are pretty
>suspect. They do not arrive here on the coast until the last few days of May
>or early June. I think maybe the earliest eastside record is the 20th.
>Migrants earlier than that are very suspect. Lesser Nighthawk is far more
>likely that early but is a mega-rarity.
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>Tim
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