Timing of surge of spoonbills out of the south over the last month doesn’t fit with the storm.
Here are ebird reports for June: https://ebird.org/map/rosspo1?neg=true&env.minX=-100.76926532551144&env.minY=31.833515337185677&env.maxX=-64.20676532551144&env.maxY=45.82328941682119&zh=true&gp=true&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=6&emo=6&yr=cur&byr=2021&eyr=2021 You can see a movement already. Here are ebird reports for July: https://ebird.org/map/rosspo1?neg=true&env.minX=-130.14670673176144&env.minY=23.68895634547458&env.maxX=-57.02170673176145&env.maxY=51.648127862764916&zh=true&gp=true&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=7&emo=7&yr=cur&byr=2021&eyr=2021 Look at that straight line of reports from Florida to New York! Amazing. Pennsylvania had 4 spoonbills this week, 3 in one spot. Was this just a really good year for spoonbill breeding in the southeast? And maybe for wading birds in general? The juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Tompkins Co this month seems more than coincidental. Juvenile wading birds (egrets, herons, storks, etc) are known to wander widely in summer after they reach independence. I don’t know of any theories about what influences these movements. But, it is logical that the more young produced, perhaps above an average number (?), the more likely it would be for strays to end up in the north. Amazing to have a juvenile Roseate Spoonbill at Montezuma NWR and Chenango River State Park in the same day! Both an hour from Ithaca. I was already committed to going south when the Montezuma report came in and didn’t have enough stamina to go see both. Kevin Kevin McGowan Freeville From: bounce-125763042-3493...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-125763042-3493...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Asher Hockett Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2021 3:42 PM To: Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> Cc: Dave K <fishwatch...@hotmail.com>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Spoonbill Montezuma's Thruway Pool Wondering from our here in NM, diid these spoonbills get pushed to upstate by Elsa? On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 11:42 AM Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote: Still here by eagle sculpture. Perched on big fallen tree. Easy to see. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone On Jul 11, 2021, at 1:02 PM, Dave K <fishwatch...@hotmail.com<mailto:fishwatch...@hotmail.com>> wrote: 1 PM.......feeding mid pool. Pond East of Eagle platform......has flown to Eaton Marsh and back again Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
