no warblers 2007

[Russell Emmons]

Brian: Our Warbler findings this year concurs with yours proportionately anyhow. We would never get the variety of species here as you would up there. (exception would be Port Huron SGA where several other species breed including a few that are  "Up north" species.)  The only breeding warblers in this area normally are Yellow, Common Yellowthroat, Blue Winged, and an occasional Ovenbird to which I did come across a couple this season doing MBBA2 work. Any others are few and far between and others I would like to know about if so!   I'm sure though I don't get around as much or as often here as you in your area there.
   This fall migrants here for 2007 so far have been a few Yellow Rumps, 2 Blackburnians, 1 Magnolia, 1 female Hooded.  There was a time right here on our property spring, fall migration it was easy to find 15 to 20 species of several individuals each on a good day.The same for our Kalkaska county place. The habitat is the same but those days are no more!

 North central NLP Breeding Bird Atlas work plus BBS routes we did there we had American Redstarts, Ovenbirds (many),  Common Yellowthroats, only a few,  Black & White Warblers 4, Kirtland Warblers 3,  Yellow Rumped Warbler 1,  Yellow Warblers 4,  that's about it!

I'm still thinking (hoping) I will see a few fall stragglers yet though!

Russ Emmons, St. Clair, & Kalkaska counties


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brian A 
  To: Mich-chat 
  Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 5:04 PM
  Subject: no warblers 2007


  So the warbler migration is over other than the stragglers.  From my small world this has been the worst year yet for seeing warblers in migration .  I did spend a fair amount of time in the field, perhaps more than usual and definitely saw fewer warblers this year and no significant groups other than a 4-5 Yellow-rumped Warblers and a Nashville at one spot.  

  I missed Bay-breasted completely this year both in fall and spring and had only 1 Cape May this spring.  In breeding bird atlas work I had a few Golden-wings on territory and Chestnut-sided, a coupe of Mournings, Black-throated Blue's, a Cerulean, Blackburnian.  The only species that seemed somewhat widespread in Manistee County were Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird (still not as many as usual), and Black-throated Green (also fewer this year).

  This fall my largest group of warblers: 1 Black-throated Blue, 2 Black-throated Green, 1 Ovenbird, 1 Nashville!

  The mild weather this fall may have protracted migration but my feeling is that there just were not a lot of birds out there this year. 

  BA


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