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Index of Subjects Why would this occur if this would mean their demise? Aren't migration patterns hard-wired into their brains? Not sure if I am asking this correctly. Thank you, Gayle MacLean Dartmouth ---- James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> wrote: > interesting migration observations from naturenb (below). > cheers, > James. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Stuart Tingley <stubirdnb@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:08 PM > Subject: Large reverse migration of Yellow-rumped Warblers off Cape Enrage > - April 25, 2013 > To: NATURENB@listserv.unb.ca > > > I decided to head down to Albert County in mid-morning after receiving a > text from Richard Blacquiere at Point Lepreau Bird Observatory with news of > a substantial loon flight there. > > I arrived at Cape Enrage at 10:30am with reasonable visibility in light fog > and drizzle and strong SW winds. Within a few minutes of arriving I saw a > passing flock that included 630 Surf/Black Scoters and 210 Long-tailed > Ducks. I also noted a few Red-throated Loons flying NE low over the water > and a CASPIAN TERN flew by low over the water heading northeast. But what > caught my attention most was the almost constant stream of small groups of > YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS coming from the northeast and heading out to the > southwest into the fog and drizzle. > > Shortly after I arrived the fog and drizzle got heavier and with little > visibility over the water I focussed my attention on the warbler flight and > tried to keep track of numbers until I left the cape with zero visibility > at 12 noon. In 90 minutes I counted 475 Yellow-rumps and only about 10 PALM > WARBLERS, all heading SW into what seemed like a suicidal flight as the > drizzle became drenching and thick fog reducing visibility to essentially > zero. I have little doubt that this flight began at first light and > probably involved one or two thousand birds. Even when I left at noon I > could still hear Yellow-rumps passing overhead and going southwest into the > thick fog. > > Surprisingly I didn't see any birds turn around or come back in from the > southwest - they seemed determined to go SW! In fact the only bird I saw > come in off the water from the southwest was larger and had me perplexed > until I got a good view of it - an adult male Baltimore Oriole. > > Elsewhere in Albert County, the adult LITTLE BLUE HERON was easily seen > close to Route 915 at the east end of Waterside marsh at high tide in early > afternoon. Almost the entire salt marsh was flooded at that time. > > Good Birding, > > Stu Tingley > > NatureNB guidelines http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt/nnbe.html > Foire aux questions de NatureNB http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt/nnbf.html > > > > -- > James Churchill > Kentville, Nova Scotia > Email: jameslchurchill@gmail.com > Phone (h): (902) 681-2374
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