Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 14:06:45 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Shireen Gonzaga Subject: bird migration and weather MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi ... I'm increasingly puzzled about the correlation between migration fallouts in our area and weather. This is the first year I'm seriously paying attention to songbirds, and I've been puzzled by the low numbers. For instance, Gail Frantz and I went to Pennyfield Lock this morning (hopefully, she'll post a list later). The lack of warblers in that area was painfully evident. Gail Mackiernan's Rock Creek report indicated the same situation. I had been hoping that the warm and calm weather these past few days would have encouraged more birds from the south to arrive in our area. I also checked Birdcast to see their May 3 evening forecast: "Analysis 3 May evening: Weather conditions over the Birdcast area were favorable for bird migration. W and S winds and warm temperatures allowed bird migration to occur. " Their web site: http://www.birdsource.org/Birdcast/home.html (They're doing neat work, please contribute your sightings to help them along....) For those of you who have been following songbird migration for many years, have you seen any correlation between weather and bird numbers, based on your personal experience? I've been coming away from recent birdwalks wondering if we're seeing a crash in migrant numbers. thanks, shireen -- Shireen Gonzaga Baltimore, MD whimbrel@home.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================