Subject: [Tweeters] re: East Coast Migrations
Date: Oct 13 19:23:07 2005
From: J & B Adamowski LaComa - jennandbryan at msn.com


Hey Tweets!
After spending some time with Bud Anderson and The Falcon Research Group I got around to this very same question and his response was more by way of topography. Western States have the numbers and although there may be more species available East than West, the terrain here doesn't "funnel" them into concentrated areas. If you look at the Cascades and Rockies and assorted hundreds of mountain ranges between here and there it is easy to see that many thousands of birds could easily fly by without anybody seeing them. Ever drive to Eastern Washington from Seattle? It takes roughly an hour to pass through the mountainous terrain that these birds are following. East Coast only has so many paths, North/South ridges and peaks to guide these birds along. If you count the Coastal ranges and the Olympics there is way too much terrain to even fathom seeing half of the birds that migrate here or through here each Spring and Fall.

Bryan
Shoreline, Wa
jennandbryan at msn.com