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Posted by Alex Harper on 16:08:27 07/23/06
In Reply to: Re: Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher at Wakodahatchee posted by Georgiana
I'm sure that almost all the gnatcatchers down here in July are birds that breed elsewhere in Florida or in the south. It wouldn't be too hard for them to just fly south from their breeding ground one night and land in our backyard. Other birds further north may take much longer to arrive, but again they may not even leave their breeding grounds until September and arrive here in October.
Other species that we see in July include shorebirds, swallows, and several warbler species (mainly Prairie and Black-and-white Warblers, American Redstarts, and Louisiana Waterthrushes).
Shorebirds and swallows are very fast flyers, so it is no surprise that they arrive much quicker than many other birds. All the warblers I mentioned breed in the South so they arrive at breeding grounds quickly and depart while some other warblers in the northeast are finishing up breeding.
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