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Watch out for those swallows and flycatchers...
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Watch out for those swallows and flycatchers...
- From: Joshua Stuart Rose <jsr6@duke.edu>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:20:15 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi C-birders,
The Cave Swallow invasion of the northeast continues. In addition to the
Cape May and Point Pelee flocks which I previously mentioned, a second
flock has been sighted in Ontario, two sightings have been reported in
Quebec, a single bird was seen in Rhode Island and a flock in
Connecticut, and - closest to home, so far - a group was seen on the
Eastern Shore in Virginia NWR. What is the status of this species in NC?
I know that Cave Swallow is not yet on the Massachusetts state list, is
it on NC's? Or will the next one we see be the first?
In case you were wondering, the sightings which have identified to
subspecies suggest the southwestern Cave Swallow, not the Caribbean one.
The reported Bodie Island Ash-throated Flycatcher is also intriguing and
not entirely unexpected. The bird near Hendersonville, if accepted, was
reportedly only the 3rd for NC; but in the last few weeks, Ash-throateds
have also been reported from Cape May and Cape Cod. Great Crested
Flycatchers are generally gone from this area by the end of September, so
if you think you see a Great Crested in the late fall, you'd better make
sure...
Good birding!
Josh
Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Zoology
jsr6@acpub.duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/