From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 9:30 AM
To: 'Jeffrey Buler'
Subject: RE: [nfc-l] Night Migrating Raptors
Thanks, Jeff!
Also, thanks very much for providing me with the link to Zimmerman's thesis.
Interestingly, upon reviewing it, his thesis focuses more on
Thanks, Jim!
As I have mentioned, this will go down as one of the more memorable night
migrations for me, thus far.
On the flip side of what you have observed, have others observed spring-time
trans-Gulf migrating Swallow-tailed Kites approaching land at sunrise from the
Western shores of
Of note, all of the platforms are along the TX, LA, MS, AL. There are none in
the Gulf-side offshore waters of Florida. Any trans-Gulf spring migrant
Swallow-tailed Kites moving from the Yucatan to Florida would likely go
unnoticed, especially if transiting entirely at night.
Sincerely,
Chris
There is a substantial (and still increasing) breeding population of
Swallow-tailed Kites in the western Gulf states that were not sampled by
the Zimmermann thesis. These seem to be circus-Gulf migrants, at least in
part. All reports of STKI from Texas so far this spring have been from
"Circus-Gulf" brought to you by the overly capable auto correction program
of Apple Computer.
John C. Arvin
Research Associate
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
103 West Hwy 332
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
jar...@gcbo.org
www.gcbo.org
Austin, Texas
From: "John
