I looked in BOGR and the earliest record they have for Calliope is March
22, 1998 at Lebanon- no wintering records. Interestingly, no one has even
commented on this bird on OBOl (I had one person reply to me saying they
thought the earliest migrant day would be 1 April) I guess with global
climate change hasppening- some people believe anything is possible? Sure
seems like one of the most unusual reports I have seen on OBOL in a long
time.
Tim Rodenkirk
Coos Bay
On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I was quickly going through my OBOL e-mails this morning and forgot to
comment on the Calliope report which I believe was for WA. Is this the
earliest ever for WA- maybe would be for OR also? Are there wintering
records even in NW? I know they don't usually show up until April so I was
wondering what the heck when I saw the posting- to early for April fools?
Tim Rodenkirk
Coos Bay
PS: I know of Costa's winter records for OR so maybe there are Calliopes
also? Way to early for migrants.
