Hi all: While I typically like SeEtta's posts and blog, I have to disagree with her assessment of "landbird migration." Chipping Sparrows have been moving for more than a month, while Yellow Warblers, Lark Buntings, Bullock's Orioles, and an additional unknown number of Colorado-breeding species (but probably including all of the so-called "monsoon migrants"; see first link, below) have been on the move for 2-3 weeks (if not longer), now. As example, Lark Bunting does not breed in Arizona, yet migrants begin arriving -- even in southern Arizona, in late July, suggesting that migration was initiated sometime before then (see second link, below).
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1525/cond.2009.090085?journalCode=cond http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?cmd=decisionPage&speciesCodes=larbun&getLocations=states&states=US-AZ&bYear=1900&eYear=2016&bMonth=1&eMonth=12&reportType=species&parentState=US-AZ Here's to a great, but not too great (I'm not there) fall this year! Tony Tony Leukering currently Cut Bank, MT Olive-sided Flycatcher at Brush Hollow SWA, landbird migration has begun "SeEttaM ." <[email protected]>: Aug 10 12:12AM -0600 I found an immature Olive-sided Flycatcher sallying after insects at Brush Hollow State Wildlife area this afternoon. It had indistinct wing bars indicative of worn adult plumage. I got two reasonable pics of it that I have uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog. <http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/> Otherwise birding was slow. Landbird migration has begun. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com Back to top -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/156870cb0ac-2a0f-19eb%40webstg-a03.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
