A word about early dates
Greg is away right now so I am acting in his stead to remind everyone of the wonderful list he put together of the seasonal dates for bird arrivals and departures and published by the COA.
This is an incredible work that is worth reviewing each spring and fall, or when you are thinking of reporting birds that are out of season.
Don't know what is in or out of season? No better reason to review Greg's list.
Sure, strange things can happen, but they usually don't....lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Mark Szantyr
Greg's outstanding "Connecticut Birds By The Season" is, as Mark said, an invaluable tool for understanding seasonality in our state. The good news I have to add is that you can download it from the COA web site!
The web page for The Connecticut Warbler is http://ctbirding.org/pubs.htm. The COA provides all but the most recent years of the Warbler as free downloads from there. The specific issue in question is Volume 25 (2005) (http://ctbirding.org/Warbler/CTWarblerVolume25.pdf). And there is a downloadable index covering all the issues! Each pdf file covers all four issues of the Warbler for a year; in that file the seasonal guide comes first.
New issues are sent to members quarterly, one of the most valuable benefits of COA membership. Why not consider joining if you haven't already? See http://ctbirding.org/join.htm for the details.
Good birding!
Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT
From: Mark Szantyr via CTBirds ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
To: CTbirds ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2015 9:24 PM
Subject: [CT Birds] A word about early dates
Greg is away right now so I am acting in his stead to remind everyone of the wonderful list he put together of the seasonal dates for bird arrivals and departures and published by the COA.
This is an incredible work that is worth reviewing each spring and fall, or when you are thinking of reporting birds that are out of season.
Don't know what is in or out of season? No better reason to review Greg's list.
Sure, strange things can happen, but they usually don't....lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Mark Szantyr
Greg Hanisek's work, "CT Birds By The Season," can be found in stores, I think (my copy I bought for $5). I don't know who has it in stock in CT.
But an easy place is from the COA website, as it is published as an issue of the CT Warbler, 25.1 (Jan. 2005):
The whole run in pdf's: http://www.ctbirding.org/pubs.htm
This issue: http://www.ctbirding.org/Warbler/CTWarblerVolume25.pdf
This you can keep on your computer for reference, or print down a decent copy. A "real" copy will be a cleaner copy (besides supporting your store) and handier in ways.
And it's not just the list, but some helpful background articles as well -- well worth finding & consulting.
On Apr 12, 2015, at 9:24 PM, Mark Szantyr via CTBirds ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org wrote:
Greg is away right now so I am acting in his stead to remind everyone of the wonderful list he put together of the seasonal dates for bird arrivals and departures and published by the COA.
This is an incredible work that is worth reviewing each spring and fall, or when you are thinking of reporting birds that are out of season.
Don't know what is in or out of season? No better reason to review Greg's list.
Sure, strange things can happen, but they usually don't....lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Mark Szantyr
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