Hi Tweets

Jack Bowling writes:

>Same is true of central BC. Lower level winds will be taking on more of a
>southerly component this week so we should see some movement. Remember that the
>cold westerlies have been felt as far south as California.

If many of the migrants are piling up waiting for this warmer northward
flow, as suggested by Richard Rowlett's notes about the male Rufous
Hummingbirds Selasphorus rufus in the Cape Piedras Blancas area,

>Certainly in comparison to previous
>years here when we commence our Gray Whale surveys in mid-March, the migration
>of Rufous Hummingbirds along the coast is at it's tail end and we see only
>females. This season, we are up to our eyeballs in adult male Rufous Hummers.

This coming week should see a real flood into the region.

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