Re: [nysbirds-l] Hooded Warblers and the Slingshot

2017-04-30 Thread Peter Reisfeld
Great article (evidencing a ton of hard work) by Shai and Pat proposing a slingshot event to describe the migration of early 2005, and which showed the same pattern as our current April migration. There is corroborating evidence on radar to suggest a weather related boost for the most recent

Re: [nysbirds-l] Hooded Warblers and the Slingshot

2017-04-30 Thread Peter Reisfeld
Great article (evidencing a ton of hard work) by Shai and Pat proposing a slingshot event to describe the migration of early 2005, and which showed the same pattern as our current April migration. There is corroborating evidence on radar to suggest a weather related boost for the most recent

[nysbirds-l] Hooded Warblers and the Slingshot

2017-04-29 Thread Shaibal Mitra
An unusual number of Hooded Warblers were found on Long Island and vicinity today, in conjunction with Blue Grosbeaks and Summer Tanagers--and also seasonally early examples of female Indigo Buntings and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. In contrast, the migrant species typically most abundant at this

[nysbirds-l] Hooded Warblers and the Slingshot

2017-04-29 Thread Shaibal Mitra
An unusual number of Hooded Warblers were found on Long Island and vicinity today, in conjunction with Blue Grosbeaks and Summer Tanagers--and also seasonally early examples of female Indigo Buntings and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. In contrast, the migrant species typically most abundant at this