Hi
This fall seems unusually sparse on reports for land and shore bird migrants—I
wonder why.
I was recently in central California and at least for land birds the conditions
seemed similar-- very sparse. Because I had my scope stolen I was unable to
offer an opinion about shorebirds.
Hi all
"I'm not a rocket scientist" but I am sure the "CC" word (Climate Change)
has an effect--one article writes "Steadily rising temperatures have been
prompting birds to begin their migration patterns either too early or too
late." Probably many more similar articles out there.
Maybe we
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: October 14, 2015
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Wednesday, October 14 sponsored by Denver
Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
CObirders,
I photographed a solo Sprague's Pipit this afternoon in Weld County at the
intersection of WCR 37 & 114 on the Central Plains Experimental Range. Photo
can be seen here: https://hopko.smugmug.com/SPPI/
Don't know if it can be found again but probably worth a try.
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