The earliest arrival date I have around Richmond for Blackpoll is April 23,
1982 (based on Fred Scott's notebooks supplemented by my records and
others). The mean arrival date is 1 May (based on 52 years of data). So
this date is early, but not unheard of, and seems to buck the trend this
year of things being a little later!
Paul Bedell
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From: "Larry R Lynch" <birder6@xxxxxxxx>
To: <VA-Richmond-General@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 12:01 PM
Subject: [va-bird] New Arrivals around Richmond
Hi all,
I am sure that we will see a more detailed reports about arriving
species, but I wanted to mention a couple that I had today. First was an
early Blackpoll Warbler at 42nd Street - James River Park. I doubted my
hearing when I first heard it, but then I tracked it down and had it
singing and posing from 10 feet away.
