Date: 10/15/12 3:50 pm
From: Jared Fisher <Jared.Fisher...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Interesting observation/Titmouse migration?


Birds of North America has this to say on Tufted Titmouse migration (hope
they don't mind this usage):

A resident species, like other North American parids; no true (= return)
migration reported (Bent
1946<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/086/articles/species/086/biblio/bib006>
, Brawn and Samson
1983<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/086/articles/species/086/biblio/bib010>
, Matthysen 1990<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/086/articles/species/086/biblio/bib051>).
Several dozen titmice released 50 km from their capture site in central
Ohio during early winter failed to return (TCG). There are, however, some
data suggesting that in certain years some titmice (presumably juveniles)
move south in fall (Hall
1983<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/086/articles/species/086/biblio/bib039>
).

I'm curious what exactly Hall 1983 has to say - this is the reference
http://www.amazon.com/West-Virginia-Birds-Distribution-Ecology/dp/0935868054

Jared Fisher
North Bethesda, MD

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Sean McCandless <
<seanmccandless1...> wrote:

> Greetings all.
>
> Yesterday Chris Starling and I did the big sit at Turkey Point. We had a
> good day despite the winds built up to 25 mph. After that, things kind of
> shut down accept for raptor migration. Anyway, Chris will send that out on
> his report.
>
> We observed a very large group of Tufted Titmice at the point 30 birds
> (give or take) that appeared to be extremely anxious about wanting crossing
> the river/bay. Now that would be normal for our typical migrants, but in
> all the years of going to Turkey Point, I have never observed what I
> consider to be Titmouse migration. Then Chris and I had a discussion about
> the invasions of Black capped Chickadees that we get once every 5 to 8
> years and wondered if the Northern US or Canadian Titmice could pattern the
> same as the Northern US and Canadian Chickadees. Because it was documented
> (where, I don�t remember) that the invasions of Black-capped Chickadees are
> a Northern Chickadee from Maine and Canada and not local Black-caps that
> just shifted down 30 or 40 miles.
>
> Chris had also mentioned that he had observed another large flock of
> Titmice the week prior and thought it odd as well.
>
> If anyone has information on this, or has observed the same thing, please
> feel free to share.
>
> Sean McCandless
> Elkton MD
>
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