MDOsprey:

FYI. This is a cross-post from the birdg01 
listserver and a follow-up to the recent messages on this species ...

Maryland has one accepted record of Northern 
Wheatear: 11-13 Sep 1990, Hog Island Marsh, near Tanyard, Caroline County.

Phil


>Date:         Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:16:40 -0300
>From:         "Ian A. McLaren" <>
>Subject: [BIRDWG01] Wheatears and unwise prognistications
>To:           
>
>All:
>
>This is in response to the reports of early N. Wheatears in New Hampshire and
>even Florida.
>
>Nova Scotia has had, so far, five N. Wheatears, matching prior fall totals for
>1994 and 2001.  But these have been earlier than almost all those of previous
>years. An early influx of wheatears in SW Newfoundland, as noted a couple of
>weeks ago on the NF-NL bird-records site, may trace to intense northerly
>windflow in late August that deflected birds bound for Europe (or for N Africa
>by wheatears) southward from northern Nunavut or Greenland. Southwest
>Newfoundland has also had at least Three Common Ringed Plovers to date.
>
>Certainly it's worth scrutinizing Semipalmated Plovers more closely (NF-NL
>postings stress their paler back tones as an alert).  Stretching it even more
>was a wagtail-wish by someone on the NF-NL site.  Maybe a little less outré is
>the thought that this winter might produce a Fieldfare or, even better, a
>Redwing on the East Coast. That may depend on the rowan berry (mountain ash,
>dogberry) crop in Newfoundland.  If it's like that in Nova Scotia, which I
>can't remember seeing in such profusion, such goodies may never get here, and
>if they do, may not leave for points south.
>
>So, a heads-up for East Coast birders.
>
>Cheers, Ian
>
>Ian A. McLaren
>Biology Department
>Dalhousie University
>Halifax, NS Canada B3H 4J1
>

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