Date: 4/5/26 10:18 am From: 'Pete Sole' via mbbirds <mbbirds...> Subject: [MBBIRDS] Easter Weekend Migration Pulse
Hi birders,
Last night we had a big migration pulse. According to BirdCast, from
Cornell Lab, some 731,800 birds crossed Santa Cruz County last night.
This is the largest migration pulse of the season by far. If you would
like to nerd out on more data see:
In micro local news, i.e. our yard, Oak Titmouse seem to have nested in
one of our nest boxes, and there is very "suspicious" activity by
Violette-green Swallows at another. The partially leucistic
Chestnut-backed Chickadee has disappeared, but was last seen with
another Chickadee, industrially cleaning out the duff we put into our
third nest box by the kitchen window. Just yesterday, an Anna's
Hummingbird was collecting cotton from the cotton container put out for
the birds.
This morning, a richly "dressed" Black-headed Grosbeak stopped by our
feeders and sang repeatedly close by. The Golden-crowned Sparrows are
still present and signing, but in declining numbers as they molt into
more dapper plumage. "Rumor" has it that the Golden-crowned Sparrows
will be departing around April 23rd. (Never mind the fairly consistent
historical data, that shows that almost all will have left our area
between April 22nd and 24th.) Western Flycatchers, formerly known as
Pacific-slope Flycatchers, continue to sing and call, while a Hooded
Oriole occasionally calls in in the distance.
For a list of birds seen or heard this morning in our Soquel
neighborhood, see:
