It might be the cruelest month, but this April was crueler than most. So I was surprised to see yesterday that I'd racked up around 115 species over the month. How so, when migration feels so late to start?
Checking my eBird records i realised that nearly all of these are late wintering species. RT Loons and Red-necked grebes right up the Hudson in Manhattan in April! Late juncos and rough-legged buzzards. It reads like a February census.
I wonder if the same climatic effects delaying our migrant arrivals are also retaining these late-staying wintering birds?
Checking my eBird records i realised that nearly all of these are late wintering species. RT Loons and Red-necked grebes right up the Hudson in Manhattan in April! Late juncos and rough-legged buzzards. It reads like a February census.
I wonder if the same climatic effects delaying our migrant arrivals are also retaining these late-staying wintering birds?
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