By Sunday and into next week, a powerful storm system and associated arctic air mass will push through our area...
This has been in the cards for at least a week from the global weather models, and looks like a sure thing now..
By Tuesday next week - the HIGH for BURLINGTON is minus 10... (via weather.ca) Fairly strong N to NW winds associated with it as well...
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This is something that I have a hard time getting a handle on.... Rarities are uber-hard to come by this time of year, as virtually nothing is "moving"..
But if there is ever a time for arctic vagrants to arrive, surely this must be it, right?
Ivory Gull, Ross's Gull, King/Common Eider, Gyrfalcon ??? More Great Gray Owls? Maybe even a bigger wave of Redpolls? Then again, maybe not? Who knows?
That's practically a list of some of my absolute favourite birds though, so I think I'll maybe even try to get out birding (or at least, condo watch ;) )..
Storm on the books for Jan 20 - that will be packin the COLD ... Pretty strong at 992mb...
I'm going to add another species to the "watch list" for this storm - Brambling...
ReplyDeleteI think major cold fronts - arriving form the NW --- have played a part in vagrant siberian shorebirds occurring in Ontario and around the Great Lakes in past research I've done......... Clearly there are no shorebirds around, but Brambling have been reported a fair bit this fall/winter out west and would be a great addition to a winters day for twitchers 'round here!
I think your call on the IVGU/ROGU is a good bet (if they were more abundant etc). Interested to see what happens!
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