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Posted by Toe on 12:03:35 04/05/11
Here is a post on FLBIRDS from St. George Island:
"Expecting that the storm may have pushed down some migrants on this barrier island, I went to the group camp this AM and found Jim Cavanaugh and Don Morrow et al.
We didn't see many migrants: a parula, pine warbler, Eastern kingbird.
Don saw a gray kingbird. I saw a white wing scoter in the bay.
Will check again later, and in the AM."
In past discussions about migrations, I've heard the following:
"Weather is too good, birds keep going."
"We need a front to push them down."
"Without some weather, the birds will not drop."
Well, here is a large front, lots of weather, all the conditions everyone keeps asking for, and no birds. What excuses are next:
"The timing of the front was off"
"The birds got pushed in the wrong direction"
"High level cirrus clouds had an adverse affect on visibility"
"The S&P 500 was only up .3%"
"Global Climating"
"Not enough cowbells!"
"Jupiter's orbit was off by .08 degrees"
"Pixie dust, blame it on the pixie dust"
"Richard Nixon's ghost came to life and ate the birds"
It's always some excuse as to why we aren't getting the birds. How about this long-shot: Fewer birds!! And guess what, with 100 million/yr killed by cats, more than that killed by collisions with infrastructure, huge habitat losses, and natural mortality, there will be less each year. Call me crazy, but maybe those are the real reasons. I don't know; I like to go out on a limb sometimes.
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