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Posted by Alex Harper on 15:04:50 10/26/12
Seawatching this morning was a bust... with winds coming out of the NW by late morning, any pelagic birds between our coast and Hurricane Sandy weren't exactly bound close to shore. I had a Northern Gannet, and birds way offshore that could have been jaegers, but I couldn't discount young gulls.
Back at my home, I had a Blue-headed Vireo along with a Yellow-throated Vireo and common warbler species. Wintering species are beginning to appear, and with the passing of this front this weekend, we should expect more of them.
As some of you may know, it is a major irruption year for Red-breasted Nuthatches. For the past two weeks or so, they have been appearing in coastal locations along the Panhandle, and both coasts of the peninsula. In October of 1993, one appeared at A.D. Barnes (in the pines?), and in October of 2004, one showed up at a small park in Martin County. It is still a long shot, but if there is ever a time to be checking areas of southeast Florida for this species, the days following this cold front is likely it. They tend to overshoot their normal wintering range when aided by cold fronts that push them south, linger around pinelands for no more than a few days, then move north again throughout November.
Alex
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