[texbirds] Re: spring migrants on the coast
- From: Cecilia-home <criley02@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jarvin@xxxxxxxx" <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:21:33 -0500
Had our first N. Parula at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory last week, more of same
seen today plus a largish flock of Savanna Sparrow ( uncommon here in the
bottomland forest). John, your reports make me real excited about the next two
weeks. So ready for sun and birds on the upper Tx coast. Has been a dreary
winter.
Life is better with birds!
Cecilia M Riley
GCBO, Lake Jackson, Tx
> On Mar 13, 2015, at 1:36 PM, John Arvin <jarvin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Today a small, but significant number of the usual early season passerine
> migrants has been reported from the coast (the central Texas coast but
> likely to be similar elsewhere on the western Gulf coast). Gleaning bits
> and pieces from several reports we have N. Parulas, Black-and-white,
> Yellow-throated, Prothonotary Warblers, Louisiana Waterthrush,
> Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, and the expected swallows. Some scattered very
> light reflectance on the Corpus Christi NEXRAD is probably not diurnal
> migrants such as swallows and other echoes north of town are wind farms.
> Otherwise the western Gulf coast NEXRADs are clear.
>
> 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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