Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Migration Movements => Topic started by: Anonymous on August 23, 2010, 09:39:42 AM
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As of last Thursday, still large numbers of both adults and juveniles at their nesting grounds in the high arctic.
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and what area are you calling the High Arctic?
I ask this for many of my colleages have been reporting ALOT of Adult Turnstones (1000s) south of the arctic period in places like James Bay, eastern Quebec most of the northeastern seaboard of the US for several weeks.
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CFS Alert
The ones your friends are seeing probably didn't nest as far north as that location, which is understandable, but there are still very large amounts of them in that area.
Cheers, Attila
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The birds you are seeing at Alert do not migrate southward through the Americas. These turnstones migrate primarily through Europe. They are different subspecies.
See any of the Ringed Plovers which nest up there
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Really? That is quite interesting, as I know that the red knots I saw up there came from Spain and other European locales but wasn't aware that the same migration pattern involved other birds as well.
Had no idea I was dealing with other subspecies - according to the Sibleys I've been referencing they looked exactly like the type which I've seen here in southern Ontario at places like Presqu'ile.
Ruddy turnstones, red knots, long tailed jaegers, ivory and glaucous gulls, snowy owl, and a couple of different duck species were the principles in the area. I've got many photos to go through, so I'll post a few when I get through them.
Thanks for the info Tyler - is there any website you'd reference when it comes to the wildlife up there? Interested in learning more about the location as there's a good chance I'll be going back up there.
Cheers, Attila
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For the Hudson Bay Lowlands, you can check out the most recent pages of Jean Iron's blog.
--> Here. (http://jeaniron.ca/2010/JamesBay2010/index.htm) <--
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Thanks for the link GStuart - I'll be sure to read it.