[NatureNS] Red eyed vireos?

From: "Wayne P. Neily" <neilyornis@hotmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:50:47 -0300
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<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Helllo Fellow Birders,</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; While I recognize that Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos have very distinct calls, and do not question John's identifications, this influx of Red-eyed must have been a very local one.&nbsp;&nbsp;I had the next area to the east (North side of Valley to the Bay between the Kings-Annapolis Co. line and Aylesford - Victoria Harbour)&nbsp;on Migration Count day (May 12)&nbsp;and had 8 Blue-headed to zero Red-eyed.&nbsp; Most of my time was spent on the North Mountain, but I have not heard the Red-eyed here at Tremont (edge of South Mountain)&nbsp;yet either.&nbsp; Perhaps it is a habitat effect, with them occurring earlier in the sandy red-pine-dominated&nbsp; central part of the Valley.&nbsp; </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; Interestingly, the first two editions of Tufts' <EM>Birds of Nova Scotia </EM>(1962 &amp; 1973)&nbsp;gave May 26 as the average arrival date for the Red-eyed Vireo and May 19 as the earliest, while by the 3rd ed. (1986) it had moved up to a&nbsp;May&nbsp;18 average arrival&nbsp;and 8 May extreme (excluding one April 30 report).&nbsp; Probably with global warming and ever more observers, the average arrival date is getting earlier still.&nbsp; Similarly, the average arrival date for "Solitary" Vireo moved from May 14 to May 7 between the 2nd and 3rd editions and is likely even earlier now.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR></P>
<DIV>Wayne Neily <BR>Tremont, Nova Scotia <BR><BR>"Come forth into the light of things, <BR>Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth, 1798. <BR><BR></DIV><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">
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<DIV>From: <I>"john belbin" &lt;jbelbin@ns.sympatico.ca&gt;</I><BR>Reply-To: <I>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</I><BR>To: <I>"Naturens" &lt;naturens@chebucto.ns.ca&gt;</I><BR>Subject: <I>[NatureNS] Red eyed vireos?</I><BR>Date: <I>Tue, 15 May 2007 09:19:46 -0300</I><BR></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;I saw a comment earlier this morning (I am afraid I deleted it so I'm not<BR>sure who made it), that Red Eyed Vireos are not here yet. Well they have<BR>been in this part of the Valley for a few days now and I was able to record<BR>quite a number of them for the Migration Count. At least two were so close<BR>that you didn't need glasses to identify them. In fact, the only Blue Headed<BR>Vireo I found on Saturday, I tracked down because it was singing<BR>"differently" from the other Vireos.<BR>John Belbin - Kingston<BR><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></div><br clear=all><hr> More photos, more messages, more storage—get 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. </html>

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