[texbirds] Re: UTC Lack of Migrants 4/11
- From: "John Arvin" <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <jlt290@xxxxxxxxx>, "Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:27:30 -0500
As I told John privately, my take on this non-event lies in its timing.
Thanks to the ridiculously high S upper winds most of the trans-Gulf flight
was already ashore before the front passed the coast. For there to be a
fallout there have to be birds aloft to fall out. I feel that it is likely
that today's flight (assuming there was one) will add quite a few migrants
in the afternoon. We'll see.
John C. Arvin
Research Associate
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
103 West Hwy 332
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
jarvin@xxxxxxxx
www.gcbo.org
Austin, Texas
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From: "John Tharp" <jlt290@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:46 PM
To: "Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [texbirds] UTC Lack of Migrants 4/11
Well...we got the cold front as expected...The birds however did not seem
to get the memo. There were a few good birds around most areas but the key
term is a few. By this afternoon Lafitte's Cove was the slowest for
migrants that I, and many others, have ever seen it in the wake of a cold
front in spring.
High Island was getting a bit active by mid afternoon but certainly no
real
fallout. A couple of Cerulean Warblers were around, Vireos were in decent
numbers, lots of Orchard Orioles and E. Kingbirds, otherwise a bit of a
tough go. Lafitte's was insanely quiet, a Black-billed Cuckoo was
reported,
Painted Bunting and Lark Sparrow were present, and a few warblers/vireos
were noted but well below the expected numbers.
Any reports from the central coast or Sabine today to see if this general
lack of migrants was local or regional in nature?
John Tharp
Houston, TX
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