[CT Birds] Weather, migration, and YTD list

[Frank Mantlik]

Hi Dave,
In case no one else reported one yet, I had a
Chestnut-sided warbler Sat. 5/3 in Westport.
Frank Mantlik

--- David Provencher <davidprovencher at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> I'm working on catching up on the year to date list
> (two and a half hours of
> sifting through emails already today) and will be
> posting it much later
> today. Our Spring migration has been plagued by less
> than favorable easterly
> winds so far (though easterly winds can increase our
> chances of some coastal
> things like Hudsonian Godwits) and rain lately.
> There is a break in the
> weather predicted over the next couple of days with
> no rain and westerly
> winds. This break should bring a lot of returning
> birds to CT. It is also a
> very good weather window for rarities to show up as
> well. I predict someone
> will find something uncommon/rare in CT like Summer
> Tanager, Prothonotary
> Warbler, Blue Grosbeak, etc on Monday through
> Wednesday. Fingers crossed.
> 
>  
> 
> Dave
> 
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