Chris, Thanks for posting this. I watched radar every evening in the Rochester area. Early on, it looked great and we appeared to have some good birding mornings along lake Ontario. But fairly soon, it seemed to me that a long term pattern set up that the birds were not coming into or were going around western NY - west over Ohio or Wisconsin maybe? That central corridor was often thick with radar images when our area was empty with a blocking front of some sort. We've had some really good mornings along the lake perhaps with birds traveling along the lake?, but I think I agree with you on numbers now that you mention it. For the past several years, I could drive the road along the lake and have 20, 30, 40 blackpolls in a 2 mile stretch. Not this year yet. Places inland would be quite active in the mornings, but I did notice fewer migrants at my nearby park than in past years, there would be better numbers. (I do admit I did not visit these as often this year, favoring the lake hotspots.)
These are my theories and thoughts on our area, and really just that. Maybe the more observations of this nature we share, the better picture we get. it's not scientific, but still helpful and interesting. It is interesting to see what Joan Collins reported from the ADK region. And will be more interesting to see how the numbers add up over time and with more data collection. Banding station data will also be interesting. Are past radar images stored where we can access them and compare with ebird data over several years? Thanks for sharing this, Kim Hartquist Rochester, NY Subject: Fwd: Minimal Migration or Population Decline? Date: Tue Jun 4 2013 11:18 am From: cth4 AT cornell.edu Good afternoon! This morning, I sent the following email to NFC-L, the Night Flight Call eList, and thought some on Cayugabirds-L might find this of interest or have some input. Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
