Not a single post for July 18th, 2012... Crazy! But its good to see we're back to exciting things like Bonaparte's Gulls ;)
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20 knot east winds for Hamilton tomorrow... For some reason, there are some cool pelagic records from Ontario in July:
Leach's Storm-Petrel - Jul 19, 1939 in Cornwall
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel - Jul 13, 2000 - Long Point
Yellow-nosed Albatross - July 4, 2010 - Kingston
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And a few "late summer" records that are close in August:
Great Shearwater - Aug 20 (?) in Toronto
Manx Shearwaters: Aug 19 (mich), Aug 26 (Ottawa) and Aug 31 (Hammer)
Not to mention records of rare terns (Arctic, Least) from the Great Lakes in July --- among other things... July is a pretty rough month for rarities, but I may just end up at the beach tomorrow (with a rare day off). An adult Red Phalarope would be nice.
Here's hoping the weather forecast doesn't go to heck before then....
Forecast:
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/marine/forecast_e.html?mapID=11&siteID=08207
Current conditions:
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/marine/weatherConditions-currentConditions_e.html?mapID=11&siteID=08207&stationID=45139
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/marine/weatherConditions-currentConditions_e.html?mapID=11&siteID=08207&stationID=WWB
(1 knot = 1.852kmh)
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Newest drought map released this morning:
Not that these forecasts are correct, but here's the recent 1 and 3 month temperature outlooks for the USA.. Hope you like the heat:
3 mo below:
Here is a sighting for your bleak day ... A crow with white wings and throat ... Seen hanging out with in a murder of crows in the Beaver Valley ... How cool is that?
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