I've heard the same thing from my friends in northern California-- few
migrants.
That said, here in Port Townsend, quite a few Warbling Vireos, Black-headed
Grosbeaks, Pac-slope Flycatchers, and Wilson's, Orange-cr, and Yellow
Warblers, and even a few Olive-sided Flycatchers, seem to already be on
territory, singing from the same spots every morning for over a week.
So I've seen a ton of "migrants", but I think most of these are local
breeders. Among obvious migrants (that don't nest here), celata
Orange-crowns are moving thru in decent numbers. Myrtles had an enormous
push the last few weeks and have since thinned out. Other than those, I
guess I haven't seen that many migrants.
Spring migration can be very quick and direct, especially in clear weather.
I wonder to what extent birds are spending very little time at stopovers
and heading straight to their breeding spots.
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:26 PM Michael Hobbs <
birdmarymoor at gmail.com>
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This week at Marymoor we finally had decent numbers for some of the
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neotropical migrants. But we've had no empids and no pewee yet. Vaux's
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Swift numbers have been very low. Swallow numbers have been low.
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Sunday, I did the Toppenish sector of the Yakima Migration Count and had
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pitifully few warblers and sparrows.
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My sense is that neotropical migrants are below 50% of normal, but we'll
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have hard data within a few weeks to answer these questions for real.
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- Michael
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On Thu, May 13, 2021, 9:07 PM BRAD Liljequist <bradliljequist at msn.com>
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wrote:
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Alan Grenon mentioned this last week - but I am really feeling the dearth
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of birds right now - sort of feel like there's been almost no migration.
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But, maybe the nice weather has kept birds high over the City, flying at
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night, etc.?
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Migration so far this year:
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- A couple of Western Tanagers, heard not seen, Phinney Ridge
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- This morning, a very welcome Wilson's Warbler at our Phinney Ridge
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bird bath.
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- Last weekend on Obstruction Island, a few Orange Crowned and 3-4
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Townsend's Warblers.
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That's it. I really keep my ears open this time of year, windows rolled
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down, etc.. I'm just not seeing or hearing it.
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Any thoughts or reactions?
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Brad Liljequist
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Phinney Ridge
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Seattle, WA
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