Hi Scott Know of an aggregator website that has all project maps of all tagged bird species to view real-time various species locations?
Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland On Friday, July 10, 2020 at 12:38:46 PM UTC-6, Scott Somershoe wrote: > > I'll just add a couple notes on these "early" shorebirds. They are right > on time, like others have noted. The summer solstice is when southbound > birds start arriving (yup, June 21 or so). There are always a few birds > where you're not sure if they are going south or just didn't go to the > arctic or what their direction/status is. Anyway, as a crazy example, I > helped with the Georgia Breeding Bird Atlas in summer 2000 and had a > Greater Yellowlegs on Cumberland Island about 24 June (can't find exact > date at the moment, but it was just after the 22nd, which I > distinctly remember for a couple reasons). > > Willets, Marbled Godwits, and other prairie breeders discussed in this > thread definitely fail and bail (as I say), much like arctic breeders. > When I run my BBS routes in the prairies of north central Montana usually > between 7-13 June, I'll see groups of 60+ Marbled Godwits. They likely all > had failed nests or didn't nest. I've still never seen a godwit chick, > which is concerning since I see young of everything else when I'm > stomping around the prairie for a week or more. I'm sure I've been near > some as if you're anywhere near a nest or young, they circle and attack you > constantly, sometimes following you for over a mile. This does provide some > great photo opps though! > > In the case of Long-billed Curlews, several satellite tagged females from > Idaho have been on their winter sites in southern Calif for nearly 3 > weeks! A couple eastern WY breeders passed through CO already and are in > far south Texas and in northern Mexico just south of Brownsville, TX. > Another WY breeder is down in the southern end of the Chihuahuan desert in > central Mexico! > > LB Curlew females bolt and leave the males with parental duty! Adult > females get into little groups and head out together. However males arrive > back on breeding grounds first. > > I've probably shared this page before, here's info on tagged curlews. > This is a great organization and partnership. IBO has done a fantastic job > on curlew work and outreach in Idaho where they had a lot of tagged curlews > shot. > https://www.curlewcrew.com/ > > Scott Somershoe > Littleton CO > Co-Author of *Birds of Tennessee: A New Annotated Checklist > <http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Tennessee-New-Annotated-Checklist/dp/1507815751/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1453317221&sr=8-3>* > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 9:32 AM Allison Hilf <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> There have been some satellite tagged shorebirds heading south for a few >> weeks. Just on schedule. As Joe mentioned, they are often birds that >> failed to nest Because the time frame for nesting in much of their >> preferred arctic habitat is very short, if a first nest fails the adults >> often leave; sometimes they attempt a second brood and the female will stay >> and try to raise the young on her own. Those males seem to take care of >> themselves!! Just kidding, it is survival of the fittest out there in the >> bird world despite sex. >> >> Allison Hilf >> Aurora, CO >> >> On Jul 10, 2020, at 8:40 AM, Joe Roller <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> . >> >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/16F6305A-94B8-4AF9-93EA-E4ECC2211022%40gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/16F6305A-94B8-4AF9-93EA-E4ECC2211022%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/437c3f9f-6c9b-416d-b77b-c47a46b90f7co%40googlegroups.com.
