U.S. & Canada Birding Forecast
Saturday, August 25, 2007
and from the Bering Sea....
posted by Paul Lehman | 11:06 AM
Greetings from a large rock (100 miles long) known as Saint Lawrence Island--and from the very northwest tip at the village of Gambell, where I am now residing for 6 weeks. But even here I am plugged in to all sorts of weather websites, birdingonthe.net, etc., and will be sending out periodic national birding forecasts--even though I feel like I am as far away as possible but still considered "national"! (The northeast tip of Russia is only 50 miles from here and can be seen easily on a clear day.)
So far it has been mild here--mild for the northern Bering Sea, that is--with temps consistently in the low to mid- 50s. That will undoubtedly change soon!
An interesting mix of oddball birds during the past few days here, with a Brown Shrike and Pechora Pipit from Asia, and a wandering "Western" Flycatcher and Purple Finch from well inside Alaska or beyond.
A cold front heading for the East Coast in the Lower 48 should produce some decent numbers of migrants over the next couple of days in the East, especially coming on the heels of a prolonged unsettled period.
Paul Lehman
So far it has been mild here--mild for the northern Bering Sea, that is--with temps consistently in the low to mid- 50s. That will undoubtedly change soon!
An interesting mix of oddball birds during the past few days here, with a Brown Shrike and Pechora Pipit from Asia, and a wandering "Western" Flycatcher and Purple Finch from well inside Alaska or beyond.
A cold front heading for the East Coast in the Lower 48 should produce some decent numbers of migrants over the next couple of days in the East, especially coming on the heels of a prolonged unsettled period.
Paul Lehman
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