[CT Birds] Some birds to watch for

[David.F.Provencher at dom.com]

Nick's email about a Fork-tailed Flycatcher in MASS follows on Frank
Mantlik's heads up a day or two ago to watch for overshoot birds. Generally
speaking species return earlier the more southerly their breeding range.
For instance Prothonotary Warblers return to territory before Bay-breasted.
(This is a generality with many exceptions I'm not going into right now).
Some individuals of these "southern" breeders will "overshoot" the normal
breeding range and end up in our neighborhood or beyond in Springtime.

Here is a short list of things to hope for (not just overshoots but
temporally relevant wanderers): White Ibis*, White-faced Ibis*, Wood
Stork*, Swallow-tailed Kite*, Mississippi Kite*, Black Rail, Purple
Gallinule*, Wilson's Plover*, Snowy Plover (Thank you Julian), Black-necked
Stilt*, Avocet*, Ruff*, Gull-billed Tern, Sandwich Tern, Eurasian
Collared-Dove*, Chuck-wills-widow, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Fork-tailed
Flycatcher*, Loggerhead Shrike*, Sedge Wren, Yellow-throated Warbler*,
Prothonotary Warbler*, Swainson's Warbler*, Kentucky Warbler, Summer
Tanager*, Henslow's Sparrow, Smith's Longspur*, Painted Bunting*,
Yellow-headed Blackbird*, Western Meadowlark*.

Species marked with * could occur now. A word on Western Meadowlark: They
breed not all that far from us but field identification requires excellent
observation and documentation.

Luck favors the prepared as they say. Good birding everyone.

Dave



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