Re:[nysbirds-l] Phoebes!
Rob's Phoebes at Greenwood are most likely migrants returning to/passing through the area, unlike the two I found on consecutive days back in January while doing the NYSOA Waterfowl Count (eBird checklist links below). Those birds picked a bad year to try overwintering at this latitude. Unless they hightailed it south soon after I saw them, I doubt the species' half-hardiness would have been enough to get them through the last 8 weeks. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16426871 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16476234 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] Phoebes!
Rob's Phoebes at Greenwood are most likely migrants returning to/passing through the area, unlike the two I found on consecutive days back in January while doing the NYSOA Waterfowl Count (eBird checklist links below). Those birds picked a bad year to try overwintering at this latitude. Unless they hightailed it south soon after I saw them, I doubt the species' half-hardiness would have been enough to get them through the last 8 weeks. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16426871 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16476234 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
