U.S. & Canada Birding Forecast
Thursday, September 6, 2007
R-b Nuts galore, Hurricane Peripheries
posted by Paul Lehman | 10:20 PM
In response to my previous posting about Red-breasted Nuthatches on the move, I heard from a few folks who mention that R-b Nuts are well represented in the lowlands of eastern Washington (and with a few Pygmy Nuts in the western Washington lowlnds, which is very unsuual), and that Red-breasteds have vacated the Colorado Rockies and are all over many lowland areas east of the mtns. there.
The news of a weak (Category 1) hurricane moving up the coast of western Mexico, and the remanants perhaps dumping copious rainfall on Arizona, has spurred mention here of which seabird species might be most likely to turn up there, if any. Generally, the species that tend to be displaced the farthest out from the center of the storm are Magnificent Frigatebird and Sooty (and perhaps Bridled) Terns. In contrast, the tubenoses tend to be found only much closer to the actual track of the storm.
Paul Lehman
The news of a weak (Category 1) hurricane moving up the coast of western Mexico, and the remanants perhaps dumping copious rainfall on Arizona, has spurred mention here of which seabird species might be most likely to turn up there, if any. Generally, the species that tend to be displaced the farthest out from the center of the storm are Magnificent Frigatebird and Sooty (and perhaps Bridled) Terns. In contrast, the tubenoses tend to be found only much closer to the actual track of the storm.
Paul Lehman
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