Date: 7/6/25 11:25 am From: Lawrence Gardella via groups.io <lfgardella...> Subject: Re: [ALbirds] Early migrants
Your ebird list from June 1 was certainly impressive, Bob, and yours for
June 15 was not shabby either.
Louisiana Waterthrushes probably did start moving south last month, but for
the Blue-winged Warblers and others it is hard for me to say whether you
were seeing post-breeding dispersal or migration. Yesterday at Bayfront
Park in Daphne, I heard and then spotted a Hooded Warbler. They do not
breed at the park, though they breed the other side of I-10 up at Blakeley
Historic Park. I did not encounter the Hooded today. Again, was the Hooded
a southbound migrant or just a bird dispersing after breeding?
Larry Gardella
Daphne
On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM Bob Goss via groups.io <bamajacket=
<yahoo.com...> wrote:
> Your mileage may vary, but I think some species started heading South
> weeks ago. I've been birding alot in the Northern section of the Paint Rock
> Valley close to TN because of the numerous warblers that nest there. There
> have been a lot of LA Waterthrushes and Blue-winged Warblers in particular
> for this post but also B&Ws, Ceruleans and Redstarts. On 6/1, I had to
> comment to explain seeing 8 Blue-winged. (There were only 2 LAWT but 1
> Northern.) On 6/15, 5 LA waterthrushes but only 1 Blue-winged. On 6/21
> only 1 of each. On 7/2 and today (7/6) there were none of either species. I
> had been seeing and getting photos of so many waterthrushes and Blue-winged
> Warblers earlier that I doubt I am just having bad luck lately or as I like
> to say "just statistics". It is also noteworthy that I always start seeing
> Ceruleans the last week of July at Monte Sano SP and I assume these are
> birds from the Paint Rock Valley.
>
> The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge
> faster than society gathers wisdom.
> Isaac Asimov
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