Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: Warblers and Barn Swallows 01/04/98 Southern
Date: Jan 06 12:09:14 1998
From: Don Cecile - dcecile at mail.sd70.bc.ca


I was in Southern Arizona for part of the holidays and I was very surprised
to see Barn Swallows there. I did see a variety of warblers on a single
day, although at present, I have forgotten the date:

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Pine Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler

I was also quite fortunate to have seen the Nutting's Flycatcher that was in
Patagonia.
If my photos turn out, I wonder if someone would be willing/able to scan
them for me and perhaps post them on a website for others to see?



At 01:02 AM 1/5/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets,
>
>>From Melody Kehl, in Arizona:
>
>>What is
>>this??? Barn Swallows reported from all sections of Southern Arizona.
>(snip)
>
>As well, there's Barn Swallows in southern California. Could this be El Nino
>(some Brits are calling it 'Ellie')-related? Could we be looking at a
>January arrival here? '-) What obstacle or incentive could be preventing
>them from heading further south? I thought they were hardwired to get to a
>South American wintering and stay there until time to return. What gives?
>Are birds merely slaves to their instinctual programming or do they have
>some volition in where to spend the winter?
>
>As well as seeing which species Ellie sends up from the south, it may be
>interesting to see what effect it has on northbound migrant arrival dates.
>We may see some extraordinarily early birds this winter and spring.
>
>(Who will be the first to reach the once-impossible 600+ plateau?) '-)
>
>Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
>Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
>mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
> Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
>
>
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