[obol] WESTERN TANAGER: Open Questions for Folks in the know

[Bill Clemons]

OBOLers and Tweets,

A quick read of Only the Sunday May 11 posts to OBOL and Tweeters clearly indicates that a lot of folks out there are seeing a lot of WESTERN TANAGERS. It is highly likely that others saw, but did not post, and also that there were many TANAGER flocks that were not seen.

A) Sunday on Mt Tabor, Em Scattaregia and her twins, Adrian and Christopher Hinkle reported 100+.

B) Sunday on Rowena Plateau, Mike Pike reported 40+

C) Sunday in Jackson County, Jim & Karan Fairchild reported "numerous"

D) Sunday on U of O campus, Khanh Tran reported 100+

E) Sunday at Ridgefield NWR, Al Larrabee and I reported 40+ 

F) Sunday in Everett, Jeff Gibson reported a "tree full".

G) Several other birders reporting handfuls, several, loads, etc.

QUESTIONS:

1) How does this influx compare to those witnessed in the past?

2) How frequently does an influx like this occur?

Thanks,

Bill Clemons
SW of Portland in Mtn Park
Willclemons AT Yahoo dot com



      ____________________________________________________________________________________
Be a better friend, newshound, and 
know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now.  http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ