It may be disheartening to think we are barely past the solstice, yet people are already talking about fall migration, but it's true. Shorebirds are already starting south, or at least dispersing after breeding. Other birds are as well, but the shorebirds are more obvious. I think it was generous
: [cayugabirds-l] Willet at Fair Haven, Sunday, July 3rd
It may be disheartening to think we are barely past the solstice, yet people
are
already talking about fall migration, but it's true. Shorebirds are already
starting south, or at least dispersing after breeding. Other birds are as
well
part of the same *early* *fall* movement.
PuLLEASE!
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I had a very similar experience on Saturday evening, July 2, but over in
Presque Isle SP on Lake Erie -- while vacationing with my family I spotted a
WILLET with some Ring-billed Gulls on one of the swimming beaches. I'm pretty
sure mine was an adult bird, so not the same individual but part of
