RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

[swalte...@verizon.net]

>From a different perspective, I'm currently in south Florida. Surprisingly,  
still a fair number of Palm Warblers here. All of the duller variety.


Steve Walter
Bayside, NY

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-Original message-
From: Shaibal Mitra 
To: NYSBIRDS-L 
Sent: Sun, Apr 22, 2012 21:52:49 GMT+00:00
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

Sorry everyone, for the inept cut-and-paste work on my last message. The  
following is how I meant the text to read.

From: bounce-50233039-11143...@list.cornell.edu  
[bounce-50233039-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra  
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:42 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

Hey Benjamin,

The disparity in spring vs. fall phenology of Western Palm Warbler in NYS is  
striking--especially so because conspecific Yellow Palms have an almost  
oppositely disparate schedule!

You are probably correct that these taxa don't get the critical attention  
they deserve, but many of us do our best with them, and here are my own  
data, for what they are worth.

In my banding work at the Fire Island Lighthouse, Suffolk County, LI, in the  
late 90s, I never captured even one northbound palmarum. Conversely, I  
captured 38 northbound hypochrysea, on dates ranging from 6 Apr to 10 May,  
with a median date of 29 Apr. (Note how late this median date for  
hypochrysea seems today, in 2012, the most remarkably advanced spring  
migration ever!)

During southbound migration, I captured 117 Western Palms on dates ranging  
from 6 Sep to 24 Nov, with a median date of 26 Sep, compared to 30 Yellow  
Palms on dates ranging from 16 Sep to 30 Oct, with a median date of 6 Oct.  
(Note the slightly later migratory occurrence of Yellow Palms during fall,  
but the counter-intuitive prevalence of Western Palms during winter,  
described below.)

When birding, I generally try to identify to subspecies all the Palm  
Warblers I see. During April and May in NYS, I've recorded Yellow Palms on  
81 occasions, compared to just two for Western Palm (Gardiner County Park,  
Suffolk County, 2 May 2000; & Clove Lakes Park, Richmond County, 30 Apr  
2010). These two spring Western Palms were fully convincing examples; I've  
seen a few other, somewhat intermediate birds also. Until this year I had  
never seen any Palm Warbler in NYS during the month of March. This year, it  
seemed inevitable that I'd connect with either a winter-survivor Western  
Palm or an early-migrant Yellow Palm during March; it was the latter that  
broke the drought.

During fall (Sep-Nov), I've accumulated 246 records of Western Palm vs. 71  
for Yellow Palm; and during winter (Dec-Feb), 11 records of Western Palm vs.  
just one of Yellow Palm.

I wonder whether the Western Palms you've seen in NYS this spring might be  
in a similar category to the remarkable run of early spring Orange-crowned  
Warblers we've enjoyed this year--specifically, whether, the uptick in April  
Records of these birds this year reflects increasing numbers of birds  
wintering nearby. In the past, New York's very few spring Orange-crowns (and  
even fewer Western Palms) tended to occur in May.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore




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RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

[Shaibal Mitra]

Sorry everyone, for the inept cut-and-paste work on my last message. The 
following is how I meant the text to read.

From: bounce-50233039-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-50233039-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:42 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

Hey Benjamin,

The disparity in spring vs. fall phenology of Western Palm Warbler in NYS is 
striking--especially so because conspecific Yellow Palms have an almost 
oppositely disparate schedule!

You are probably correct that these taxa don't get the critical attention they 
deserve, but many of us do our best with them, and here are my own data, for 
what they are worth.

In my banding work at the Fire Island Lighthouse, Suffolk County, LI, in the 
late 90s, I never captured even one northbound palmarum. Conversely, I captured 
38 northbound hypochrysea, on dates ranging from 6 Apr to 10 May, with a median 
date of 29 Apr. (Note how late this median date for hypochrysea seems today, in 
2012, the most remarkably advanced spring migration ever!)

During southbound migration, I captured 117 Western Palms on dates ranging from 
6 Sep to 24 Nov, with a median date of 26 Sep, compared to 30 Yellow Palms on 
dates ranging from 16 Sep to 30 Oct, with a median date of 6 Oct. (Note the 
slightly later migratory occurrence of Yellow Palms during fall, but the 
counter-intuitive prevalence of Western Palms during winter, described below.)

When birding, I generally try to identify to subspecies all the Palm Warblers I 
see. During April and May in NYS, I've recorded Yellow Palms on 81 occasions, 
compared to just two for Western Palm (Gardiner County Park, Suffolk County, 2 
May 2000; & Clove Lakes Park, Richmond County, 30 Apr 2010). These two spring 
Western Palms were fully convincing examples; I've seen a few other, somewhat 
intermediate birds also. Until this year I had never seen any Palm Warbler in 
NYS during the month of March. This year, it seemed inevitable that I'd connect 
with either a winter-survivor Western Palm or an early-migrant Yellow Palm 
during March; it was the latter that broke the drought.

During fall (Sep-Nov), I've accumulated 246 records of Western Palm vs. 71 for 
Yellow Palm; and during winter (Dec-Feb), 11 records of Western Palm vs. just 
one of Yellow Palm.

I wonder whether the Western Palms you've seen in NYS this spring might be in a 
similar category to the remarkable run of early spring Orange-crowned Warblers 
we've enjoyed this year--specifically, whether, the uptick in April Records of 
these birds this year reflects increasing numbers of birds wintering nearby. In 
the past, New York's very few spring Orange-crowns (and even fewer Western 
Palms) tended to occur in May.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore




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RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

[Shaibal Mitra]

Hey Benjamin,

The disparity in spring vs. fall phenology of Western Palm Warbler in NYS is 
striking--especially so because conspecific Yellow Palms have an almost 
oppositely disparate schedule!

You are probably correct that these taxa don't get the critical attention they 
deserve, but many of us do our best with them, and here are my own data, for 
what they are worth.

In my banding work at the Fire Island Lighthouse, Suffolk County, LI, in the 
late 90s, I never captured even one northbound palmarum. Conversely, I captured 
38 northbound hypochrysea, on dates ranging from 6 Apr to 10 May, with a median 
date of 29 Apr. (Note how late this median date for hypochrysea seems today, in 
2012, the most remarkably advanced spring migration ever!)

During southbound migration, I captured 117 Western Palms on dates ranging from 
6 Sep to 24 Nov, with a median date of 26 Sep, compared to 30 Yellow Palms on 
dates ranging from 16 Sep to 30 Oct, with a median date of 6 Oct. (Note the 
slightly later migratory occurrence of Yellow Palms during fall, but the 
counter-intuitive prevalence of Western Palms during winter, described below.)

When birding, I generally try to identify to subspecies all the Palm Warblers I 
see. During April and May in NYS, I've recorded Yellow Palms on 81 occasions, 
compared to just two for Western Palm (Gardiner County Park, Suffolk County, 2 
May 2000; & Clove Lakes Park, Richmond County, 30 Apr 2010). These two spring 
Western Palms were fully convincing examples; I've seen a few other, somewhat 
intermediate birds also. Until this year I had never seen any Palm Warbler in 
NYS during the month of March. This year, it seemed inevitable that I'd connect 
with either a winter-survivor Western Palm or an early-migrant Yellow Palm 
during March; it was the latter that broke the drought.

During fall (Sep-Nov), I've accumulated 246 records of Western Palm vs. 71 for 
Yellow Palm; and during winter (Dec-Feb), 11 records of Western Palm vs. just 
one of Yellow Palm.

Hey Benjamin,

The disparity in spring vs. fall phenology of Western Palm Warbler in NYS is 
striking--especially so because conspecific Yellow Palms have almost oppositely 
disparate phenologies!

You are probably correct that these taxa don't get the critical attention they 
deserve, but many of us do our best with them, and here are my own data, for 
what they are worth.

In my banding work at the Fire Island Lighthouse, Suffolk County, LI, in the 
late 90s, I never captured even one northbound palmarum.
Conversely, I captured 38 northbound hypochrysea, on dates ranging from 6 Apr 
to 10 May, with a median date of 29 Apr. (Note how late this median capture 
date for hypochrysea seems today, in 2012, the most remarkably advanced spring 
migration ever!)

During southbound migration, I captured 117 nominate birds on dates ranging 
from 6 Sep to 24 Nov, with a median date of 26 Sep, compared to 30 Yellow Palms 
on dates ranging from 16 Sep to 30 Oct, with a median date of 6 Oct. (Note the 
slightly later occurrence of Yellow Palms during fall.)

When birding, I generally try to identify to subspecies all the Palm Warblers I 
see. During April and May in NYS, I've recorded Yellow Palms on 81 occasions, 
compared to just two for Western Palm (Gardiner County Park, Suffolk, 2 May 
2000; & Clove Lakes Park, Richmond, 30 Apr 2010). These two spring Western 
Palms were fully convincing examples; I've seen a few other, somewhat 
intermediate, birds also. During fall (Sep-Nov), I've accumulated 246 records 
of Western Palm vs. 71 for Yellow Palm; and during winter (Dec-Feb), 11 records 
of Western Palm vs. just one of Yellow Palm.

I wonder whether the Western Palms you've seen in NYS this spring might be in a 
similar category to the remarkable run of early spring Orange-crowned Warblers 
we've enjoyed this year--specifically, whether, the uptick in April Records of 
these birds this year reflects increasing numbers of birds wintering nearby. In 
the past, New York's very few spring Orange-crowns (and even fewer Western 
Palms) tended to occur in May.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore



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[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Hi All,

Yesterday, I observed one Palm Warbler of the Western subspecies (*palmarum*)
amongst some other "Yellow" Palms (*hypochrysea*) in Central Park.
Believing this to be a notable observation because I knew they are at least
very uncommon in Spring in the northeast, I photographed it:
http://flic.kr/p/bAtwth. Later in the day, I photographed ANOTHER Western
Palm at a local patch in Rye, NY. These birds have strikingly pale
underparts, contrasting with yellow throats and undertail coverts.

I then did a bit of research. Dunn and Garrett's *Warblers* (publ. 1997)
says, of *palmarum*, "Usually only very small numbers move up the Atlantic
Coast north to the Mid-Atlantic region; Palm Warbler [Western] is casual in
spring in New England." Shai Mitra kindly informed me that David
Sibley's *Birds
of Cape May* knew of NO records of this subspecies in spring. However,
others I've talked to believe that this form is not quite as rare in spring
in the region as these publications would lead us to believe.

So my question is, has anyone noted any Western Palms this spring, or kept
records of any observations in the past? Are these occurrences increasing?
Could they be under-reported, perhaps? Dunn and Garrett note that Western
Palms migrate later than "Yellow" Palms, so perhaps one is more likely to
run into *palmarum* amongst these (relatively) later migrants than earlier
in the month--be in the lookout!


Good birding,
Benjamin Van Doren
White Plains, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Hi All,

Yesterday, I observed one Palm Warbler of the Western subspecies (*palmarum*)
amongst some other Yellow Palms (*hypochrysea*) in Central Park.
Believing this to be a notable observation because I knew they are at least
very uncommon in Spring in the northeast, I photographed it:
http://flic.kr/p/bAtwth. Later in the day, I photographed ANOTHER Western
Palm at a local patch in Rye, NY. These birds have strikingly pale
underparts, contrasting with yellow throats and undertail coverts.

I then did a bit of research. Dunn and Garrett's *Warblers* (publ. 1997)
says, of *palmarum*, Usually only very small numbers move up the Atlantic
Coast north to the Mid-Atlantic region; Palm Warbler [Western] is casual in
spring in New England. Shai Mitra kindly informed me that David
Sibley's *Birds
of Cape May* knew of NO records of this subspecies in spring. However,
others I've talked to believe that this form is not quite as rare in spring
in the region as these publications would lead us to believe.

So my question is, has anyone noted any Western Palms this spring, or kept
records of any observations in the past? Are these occurrences increasing?
Could they be under-reported, perhaps? Dunn and Garrett note that Western
Palms migrate later than Yellow Palms, so perhaps one is more likely to
run into *palmarum* amongst these (relatively) later migrants than earlier
in the month--be in the lookout!


Good birding,
Benjamin Van Doren
White Plains, NY

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

[Shaibal Mitra]

Hey Benjamin,

The disparity in spring vs. fall phenology of Western Palm Warbler in NYS is 
striking--especially so because conspecific Yellow Palms have an almost 
oppositely disparate schedule!

You are probably correct that these taxa don't get the critical attention they 
deserve, but many of us do our best with them, and here are my own data, for 
what they are worth.

In my banding work at the Fire Island Lighthouse, Suffolk County, LI, in the 
late 90s, I never captured even one northbound palmarum. Conversely, I captured 
38 northbound hypochrysea, on dates ranging from 6 Apr to 10 May, with a median 
date of 29 Apr. (Note how late this median date for hypochrysea seems today, in 
2012, the most remarkably advanced spring migration ever!)

During southbound migration, I captured 117 Western Palms on dates ranging from 
6 Sep to 24 Nov, with a median date of 26 Sep, compared to 30 Yellow Palms on 
dates ranging from 16 Sep to 30 Oct, with a median date of 6 Oct. (Note the 
slightly later migratory occurrence of Yellow Palms during fall, but the 
counter-intuitive prevalence of Western Palms during winter, described below.)

When birding, I generally try to identify to subspecies all the Palm Warblers I 
see. During April and May in NYS, I've recorded Yellow Palms on 81 occasions, 
compared to just two for Western Palm (Gardiner County Park, Suffolk County, 2 
May 2000;  Clove Lakes Park, Richmond County, 30 Apr 2010). These two spring 
Western Palms were fully convincing examples; I've seen a few other, somewhat 
intermediate birds also. Until this year I had never seen any Palm Warbler in 
NYS during the month of March. This year, it seemed inevitable that I'd connect 
with either a winter-survivor Western Palm or an early-migrant Yellow Palm 
during March; it was the latter that broke the drought.

During fall (Sep-Nov), I've accumulated 246 records of Western Palm vs. 71 for 
Yellow Palm; and during winter (Dec-Feb), 11 records of Western Palm vs. just 
one of Yellow Palm.

Hey Benjamin,

The disparity in spring vs. fall phenology of Western Palm Warbler in NYS is 
striking--especially so because conspecific Yellow Palms have almost oppositely 
disparate phenologies!

You are probably correct that these taxa don't get the critical attention they 
deserve, but many of us do our best with them, and here are my own data, for 
what they are worth.

In my banding work at the Fire Island Lighthouse, Suffolk County, LI, in the 
late 90s, I never captured even one northbound palmarum.
Conversely, I captured 38 northbound hypochrysea, on dates ranging from 6 Apr 
to 10 May, with a median date of 29 Apr. (Note how late this median capture 
date for hypochrysea seems today, in 2012, the most remarkably advanced spring 
migration ever!)

During southbound migration, I captured 117 nominate birds on dates ranging 
from 6 Sep to 24 Nov, with a median date of 26 Sep, compared to 30 Yellow Palms 
on dates ranging from 16 Sep to 30 Oct, with a median date of 6 Oct. (Note the 
slightly later occurrence of Yellow Palms during fall.)

When birding, I generally try to identify to subspecies all the Palm Warblers I 
see. During April and May in NYS, I've recorded Yellow Palms on 81 occasions, 
compared to just two for Western Palm (Gardiner County Park, Suffolk, 2 May 
2000;  Clove Lakes Park, Richmond, 30 Apr 2010). These two spring Western 
Palms were fully convincing examples; I've seen a few other, somewhat 
intermediate, birds also. During fall (Sep-Nov), I've accumulated 246 records 
of Western Palm vs. 71 for Yellow Palm; and during winter (Dec-Feb), 11 records 
of Western Palm vs. just one of Yellow Palm.

I wonder whether the Western Palms you've seen in NYS this spring might be in a 
similar category to the remarkable run of early spring Orange-crowned Warblers 
we've enjoyed this year--specifically, whether, the uptick in April Records of 
these birds this year reflects increasing numbers of birds wintering nearby. In 
the past, New York's very few spring Orange-crowns (and even fewer Western 
Palms) tended to occur in May.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore



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RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

[Shaibal Mitra]

Sorry everyone, for the inept cut-and-paste work on my last message. The 
following is how I meant the text to read.

From: bounce-50233039-11143...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-50233039-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra 
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:42 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

Hey Benjamin,

The disparity in spring vs. fall phenology of Western Palm Warbler in NYS is 
striking--especially so because conspecific Yellow Palms have an almost 
oppositely disparate schedule!

You are probably correct that these taxa don't get the critical attention they 
deserve, but many of us do our best with them, and here are my own data, for 
what they are worth.

In my banding work at the Fire Island Lighthouse, Suffolk County, LI, in the 
late 90s, I never captured even one northbound palmarum. Conversely, I captured 
38 northbound hypochrysea, on dates ranging from 6 Apr to 10 May, with a median 
date of 29 Apr. (Note how late this median date for hypochrysea seems today, in 
2012, the most remarkably advanced spring migration ever!)

During southbound migration, I captured 117 Western Palms on dates ranging from 
6 Sep to 24 Nov, with a median date of 26 Sep, compared to 30 Yellow Palms on 
dates ranging from 16 Sep to 30 Oct, with a median date of 6 Oct. (Note the 
slightly later migratory occurrence of Yellow Palms during fall, but the 
counter-intuitive prevalence of Western Palms during winter, described below.)

When birding, I generally try to identify to subspecies all the Palm Warblers I 
see. During April and May in NYS, I've recorded Yellow Palms on 81 occasions, 
compared to just two for Western Palm (Gardiner County Park, Suffolk County, 2 
May 2000;  Clove Lakes Park, Richmond County, 30 Apr 2010). These two spring 
Western Palms were fully convincing examples; I've seen a few other, somewhat 
intermediate birds also. Until this year I had never seen any Palm Warbler in 
NYS during the month of March. This year, it seemed inevitable that I'd connect 
with either a winter-survivor Western Palm or an early-migrant Yellow Palm 
during March; it was the latter that broke the drought.

During fall (Sep-Nov), I've accumulated 246 records of Western Palm vs. 71 for 
Yellow Palm; and during winter (Dec-Feb), 11 records of Western Palm vs. just 
one of Yellow Palm.

I wonder whether the Western Palms you've seen in NYS this spring might be in a 
similar category to the remarkable run of early spring Orange-crowned Warblers 
we've enjoyed this year--specifically, whether, the uptick in April Records of 
these birds this year reflects increasing numbers of birds wintering nearby. In 
the past, New York's very few spring Orange-crowns (and even fewer Western 
Palms) tended to occur in May.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore




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RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

[swalte...@verizon.net]

From a different perspective, I'm currently in south Florida. Surprisingly,  
still a fair number of Palm Warblers here. All of the duller variety.


Steve Walter
Bayside, NY

Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless

-Original message-
From: Shaibal Mitra shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu
To: NYSBIRDS-L nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Sent: Sun, Apr 22, 2012 21:52:49 GMT+00:00
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

Sorry everyone, for the inept cut-and-paste work on my last message. The  
following is how I meant the text to read.

From: bounce-50233039-11143...@list.cornell.edu  
[bounce-50233039-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra  
[shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:42 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Western Palm Warblers

Hey Benjamin,

The disparity in spring vs. fall phenology of Western Palm Warbler in NYS is  
striking--especially so because conspecific Yellow Palms have an almost  
oppositely disparate schedule!

You are probably correct that these taxa don't get the critical attention  
they deserve, but many of us do our best with them, and here are my own  
data, for what they are worth.

In my banding work at the Fire Island Lighthouse, Suffolk County, LI, in the  
late 90s, I never captured even one northbound palmarum. Conversely, I  
captured 38 northbound hypochrysea, on dates ranging from 6 Apr to 10 May,  
with a median date of 29 Apr. (Note how late this median date for  
hypochrysea seems today, in 2012, the most remarkably advanced spring  
migration ever!)

During southbound migration, I captured 117 Western Palms on dates ranging  
from 6 Sep to 24 Nov, with a median date of 26 Sep, compared to 30 Yellow  
Palms on dates ranging from 16 Sep to 30 Oct, with a median date of 6 Oct.  
(Note the slightly later migratory occurrence of Yellow Palms during fall,  
but the counter-intuitive prevalence of Western Palms during winter,  
described below.)

When birding, I generally try to identify to subspecies all the Palm  
Warblers I see. During April and May in NYS, I've recorded Yellow Palms on  
81 occasions, compared to just two for Western Palm (Gardiner County Park,  
Suffolk County, 2 May 2000;  Clove Lakes Park, Richmond County, 30 Apr  
2010). These two spring Western Palms were fully convincing examples; I've  
seen a few other, somewhat intermediate birds also. Until this year I had  
never seen any Palm Warbler in NYS during the month of March. This year, it  
seemed inevitable that I'd connect with either a winter-survivor Western  
Palm or an early-migrant Yellow Palm during March; it was the latter that  
broke the drought.

During fall (Sep-Nov), I've accumulated 246 records of Western Palm vs. 71  
for Yellow Palm; and during winter (Dec-Feb), 11 records of Western Palm vs.  
just one of Yellow Palm.

I wonder whether the Western Palms you've seen in NYS this spring might be  
in a similar category to the remarkable run of early spring Orange-crowned  
Warblers we've enjoyed this year--specifically, whether, the uptick in April  
Records of these birds this year reflects increasing numbers of birds  
wintering nearby. In the past, New York's very few spring Orange-crowns (and  
even fewer Western Palms) tended to occur in May.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore




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