Non-migration conditions

Posted on 3/28/2007 by David La Puma

Little to nothing moving tonight. Winds are out of the Northwest.

Update: Nothing in the immediate forecast looks good for migration – which suggests that birding conditions will remain good around the state, with increased abundances in habitats of good quality for foraging and cover. The next push is looking like Saturday night, if the forecast holds. I’ll be away this weekend, so the last post will be on Friday. We should know better what the forecast holds by then. In the meantime, go birding!

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One Response to Non-migration conditions

  1. David says:
    3/28/2007 at 3:55 pm

    Daily Walk Report

    Date: 28-Mar-07 WindDesc: light Temp(F): 50

    StartTime: 7:30 AM WindDir: NW CloudCover: none

    EndTime: 11:30 AM Location: HMF

    Notes: Cold front came through around 9:45AM and wind
    increased for about 30 minutes. Many birds around. No
    detectable migration last night, but many new birds
    appeared throughout the morning- probably local movements
    in response to the cold front.

    English Name Scientific Name Notes

    Chickadee sp. Poecile sp. – BLCACH song

    Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus – 2

    Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus -

    Wood Duck Aix sponsa – 2 flyover

    Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor -

    Canada Goose Branta canadensis -

    Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis – 4+

    Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis – many

    American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis -

    House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus -

    Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura – 2

    Brown Creeper Certhia americana -

    Killdeer Charadrius vociferus -

    Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus – many,

    Rock Pigeon Columba livia -

    Black Vulture Coragyps atratus – 4

    American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos -

    Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus -

    Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata – many

    Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata -

    Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus – in forest, 1 off

    Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis – 12+

    Herring Gull Larus argentatus – flyover

    Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus -

    Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia -

    Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos -

    Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater -

    Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis – 10+

    Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens -

    Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus -

    Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus – 3+

    Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula -

    Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa – everywhere -

    Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe – many

    Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis -

    White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis -

    Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla – many

    European Starling Sturnus vulgaris -

    Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor – at the nest boxes

    Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus -

    American Robin Turdus migratorius – everywhere

    Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura – many

    White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis -