----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne C. Weber <contopus at shaw.ca>
To: ISLAND BIRDERS <bcbirdingvanisland at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:46 PM
Subject: HAMMOND'S/PACIFIC SLOPE ARRIVAL DATES


> Birders,
>
> For comparative purposes, you may be interested in arrival dates of
> flycatchers in the Vancouver area, from records I have kept since
> 1968:
>
> SPECIES AVG. ARRIVAL EARLIEST
>
> Hammond's April 23 April 9
> Pacific-Slope April 26 April
9
>
> I believe both species arrive a few days earlier at Victoria. I have
a
> record of a PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER at Victoria on March 29, 1975.
>
> Wayne C. Weber
> Kamloops and Delta, BC
> contopus at shaw.ca
>
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