[ValleyNature] More "overshoots" - Blue Growbeak, Red-br. Grosbeaks

[James W. Wolford]

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> From: iamclar at dal.ca
> Date: April 24, 2009 4:14:06 PM ADT
> To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca, ns-rba at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [NatureNS] More "overshoots" - Blue Growbeak, Red-br.  
> Grosbeaks
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> All:
>
> Additions to this latest wave of "overshoots" (which seem to first  
> hit us
> yestrday during wet se-sw winds), were an adult male Rose-breasted  
> Grosbeak and
> a young male Blue Grosbeak photo'd today by Hughie Manthorne in W.  
> Bickerton,
> Guys., and a pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks seen this morning by  
> Dave Currie,
> Azor Viennau and me at Portuguese Cove, HRM.
>
> I haven't yet looked closely the meteorological setup prior the  
> latest wave, but
> the arrivals following similar weather on 3 and 7 April appear to  
> have been
> brought directly from the e. Gulf of Mexico, where there were large  
> waves of
> the birds occurred on the days before our birds appeared, and  
> strong migration
> across the n FL and the Carolinas on the night of 3-4 April, at least.
>
> Cheers, Ian McLaren
>
>

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