I wonder what the weather is going to be like up "yonder" this year. The forum doesn't really have a good place to put this question so I'm trying it out here and the mods can move it if they have a better place for it.
I live between Houston and San Antonio. Our bird species are pretty constant. Hummers are in at the moment. Bluebirds come in spring. I also have Upland Sandpipers pass through here on the way to their wintering grounds (cool to see and hard to photograph) and they are here. The cool thing about the Upland Sandpipers is that when I first saw them there were 3. Now there are a few dozen.
Baltimore Orioles I don't have. I've never seen them in the 10+ years that I have lived here. I've got, so far, three in my yard today. That's why I'm wondering if winter is going to come in a little early or be a little more harsh this year.
Pardon the lack of quality. They aren't cooperating :)
Last edited by Michael Lloyd; 09-04-2009 at 04:58 PM.
I read reports that people saw white-winged crossbills, pine siskins and purple finches in Pennsylvania today and a snowy owl in Jersey City, seems very early.