Wayne points out that the shearwater incident of 2015 was perhaps the
best-tracked and most easily anticipated "vagrant" event since the first
incursions of Elegant Terns decades ago. That doesn't usually happen and hasn't
with this year's movements except that three days of strong s winds were bound
to bring something more or less southerly to Oregon.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
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On Oct 18, 2016, at 7:01 PM, whoffman@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi -
One important thing about last year's BV Shearwater influx: it was
thoroughly telegraphed. That mass of birds was tracked north in California
from seawatch place to pelagic trip to seawatch place all the way from
Monterey area, so that observers up and down the Oregon coast were waiting
expectantly. This year no such northward surge in California was seen.
This does not explain what the birds were responding to, but it does
highlight that the causal factors for vagrancy tend to be where the birds
come from, not where they come to.
Wayne
From: "Bill Tice" <ticebill7@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "obol" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 5:14:37 PM
Subject: [obol] Question on BV Shearwaters
Another issue I am wondering about: There are only 6 records by the ORBC as
well, and I see None from last year. I suspect many who saw these were a
little reticent to submit a report??? Is the committee delaying a decision
on the mass influx of last year? Also, why no sightings this fall? If ocean
conditions are such to bring the Ashy SPs north, is not this the same for
brining these shearwaters north, again?
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