[obol] Re: Local Swainson's Thrush Fallout
- From: Jim Danzenbaker <jdanzenbaker@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Gerard Lillie <gerard.lillie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:15:04 -0700
Thank Dave - appreciate the information about the Warbling Vireos and
Gerard re: BHGR. I was going to add Willow Flycatcher to the same category
as Warbling Vireo since they are still here - sometimes up to 4 of them
which may be the local breeders plus offspring or two local pre-migration
breeders plus two migrants - haven't spent time aging or studying them yet.
By the way, add Cedar Waxwing to the list of birds chased by Willow
Flycatchers......
Jim
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:55 AM, <gerard.lillie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dave answered your question re: Warbling Vireos. Regarding the grosbeaks,
> I was out of town for a little over a week and have not seen Black-headed
> Grosbeaks either before I left or since I returned. I usually do have them
> hanging around this time of year and maybe they were at my house since I
> returned to two empty feeders, which surprised me since one is pretty big.
> If they were at my place I guess that would once again confirm why they are
> sometimes called grocery beaks.
>
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> Gerard
>
> *Subject: *Re: [obol] Re: Local Swainson's Thrush Fallout
> All,
>
> I've been having audible nocturnal Swainson's Thrushes over my house every
> night and early morning since last Friday morning but none more prominent
> than the flight of August 25. I've had Swainson's Thrushes every morning
> around the yard - usually with several running along the railing of the
> back deck. Just a few blurps this morning so the line of Thrushes may have
> shifted westward? I'm in Battle Ground which is about 6 miles east of the
> I-5 freeway in Clark County. The number of vireos/warblers/flycatchers in
> and around the yard continues to be the best I've ever had with a minimum
> of 8 Warbling Vireo each day. Don't know if these are the same individuals
> as the number of Black-throated Grays, Yellows, OCs, and Wilson's seems to
> noticeably fluctuate. Anybody have any idea whether WAVIs linger more at
> one spot during migration than other species? My local BH Grosbeaks left
> on the 8/26 or evening of the 25th, the day after I had an incursion of
> four more BHGR to add to my two lingering locals. Anybody else lose their
> BH Grosbeaks on the 26th?
>
> Difficult to sleep during fall migration!
>
> Keep your eyes and ears skyward.
>
> Jim in Battle Ground, WA
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Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA
360-723-0345
jdanzenbaker@xxxxxxxxx
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