Ted, I'm glad that I'm not the only one who noticed the unusual phrase "first migration". From a birding and banding perspective here in southeastern Michigan, warblers and flycatchers (and some vireos) have been going strong for more than three weeks, and thrushes have been trickling through for a couple weeks, as expected. Some species, like Yellow Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Baltimore Oriole, and Bobolink are almost all gone from here, but we're getting close to peak for warblers and thrushes, with sparrows to start in a couple weeks.Definitely in the "middle of migration" here in Michigan...
Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted Floyd To: David La Puma ; Andrew Albright Cc: nfc-l Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 12:05 PM Subject: RE: [nfc-l] First migration of the season possible tonight in the mid-atlantic? Hi, all. Thanks for the report. What fascinates me, from my Interior West perspective, is the phrase "first migration of the season possible tonight." Basically, we're done, finished, outta here, night-flight-wise, here in central Colorado. We had our biggest flights of the "fall" season a month ago. We were having heavier flights in mid-July than we are now. (ZERO flight calls the past week.) That said, we do get occasional light-to-moderate Sept. and Oct. and even early Nov. night flights in central Colorado. And rarely, they're heavy, as in the early morning of Sept. 29, 2008 (Bryan G., what was going on, winds-aloft-wise, that night??). But, basically, we're into the winter doldrums already! All best, Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David La Puma Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 9:25 PM To: Andrew Albright Cc: nfc-l Subject: Re: [nfc-l] First migration of the season possible tonight in the mid-atlantic? Andrew et al.: oh, It's DEFINITELY ON: http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/nids/images/N0R/KUSA/20110909_030900.png heavy migration out of the NE US tonight almost exclusively on NE winds and heading SW as a result (not good for Cape May- but good for inland migrant traps). -- NFC-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
