Same here, especially near Stonebreaker Rd, but no other warbler species, nor any shore birds. 4 Sandhills though hanging with 120 plus white pelicans.
Rich
Re: Recent NM birds deaths report
It was on NPR last week as well. Interview with Dr. Martha Desmond, NM State Univ.
Re: Recent NM birds deaths report
I had up to two dozen YRWA at Cascade Reservoir yesterday. Likely more. Scanned for another species with no evidence of such.
Dean Jones
Re: Recent NM birds deaths report
Thanks for the report from Lucky Peak, Jay. That’s good to hear. Maybe songbirds shifted their migration pattern this yr, haven’t fully arrived in their passage through my area (Snake River Riparian bordering Snake River & Riparian BLM ground/in past has always acted as a spring & fall songbird migrant stopover) or I just plain missed the biggest part of their push. Just know last yr & so far, this fall, not seeing big mixed groups as in previous yrs. Appears to mainly be 2-3 bird groups of stragglers. If I don’t get a Townsend’s soon, will be 2nd yr in a row with zero.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Re: Recent NM birds deaths report
Thanks RL. ABA has the best information I have read. As expected some media outlets ie Forbes and others jumped to conclusions on the cause and also exaggerated the numbers.
On Sep 21, 2020, at 9:26 AM, R L ROWLAND RONALD ROWLAND <rlrowland@…> wrote:
Hey out there in “ible”land, RL here.Recently Jay reported and sent a newspaper link, about a large number of migrant insectivore bird deaths in New Mexico. Some of you may have heard from other sources.Go to the ABA (American Birding Assn) website homepage; there is an extensive article/report on this tragic happening. I’ll say no more here as it’s all there.CGB. RL
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“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
Re: Recent NM birds deaths report
Thanks RL & good question Brian
At IBO’s Lucky Peak field station
where we’ve maintained long-term monitoring of autumn songbird, diurnal
raptor, and forest owl populations for over 20 years, 2018 was a “boom”
year (bigger than average #s for many species, one of our highest totals across 23 seasons to date)
for songbirds followed by one of our lowest years for most species in
2019. 2020 so far looks like a good to great year for many species (including most warblers & sparrows) –
especially considering the recovery needed from a poor 2019 but even
just looking against the long-term average – and it’s scary to think
that some of these individuals that have passed through our region already (&, in our case, been counted for 2020) might have run into this deadly scenario further south on their route.
where we’ve maintained long-term monitoring of autumn songbird, diurnal
raptor, and forest owl populations for over 20 years, 2018 was a “boom”
year (bigger than average #s for many species, one of our highest totals across 23 seasons to date)
for songbirds followed by one of our lowest years for most species in
2019. 2020 so far looks like a good to great year for many species (including most warblers & sparrows) –
especially considering the recovery needed from a poor 2019 but even
just looking against the long-term average – and it’s scary to think
that some of these individuals that have passed through our region already (&, in our case, been counted for 2020) might have run into this deadly scenario further south on their route.
Jay
Re: Recent NM birds deaths report
Yes, this is not good. Haven’t found dead birds. But, locally, my fall warbler migration observations reveal just a fraction of the bird numbers seen in previous years. Will be interested to see numbers coming from Lucky Peak & areas over here on east side of state.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Re: Recent NM birds deaths report
thx RL, Missy and I’ve been agonizing over this
Recent NM birds deaths report
Hey out there in “ible”land, RL here.
Recently Jay reported and sent a newspaper link, about a large number of migrant insectivore bird deaths in New Mexico. Some of you may have heard from other sources.
Go to the ABA (American Birding Assn) website homepage; there is an extensive article/report on this tragic happening. I’ll say no more here as it’s all there.
CGB. RL
Re: Ovenbird
Here’s the link.
https://ibrc.idahobirds.net/node/add/rare_bird_reports
Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho