Friday will be the first day of N winds that are abnormal... I'm interested to see what happens Mar 1-4.... No promises of anything, but a fun time to monitor the lists (and maybe to get out to your favourite Gyr spot in Ontario this weekend)...
Newfoundland is getting their own blast of fun as well from this... N/NE winds blowing for days due to a nice low pressure system offshore... TWO Ivory Gulls already... I'm excited, and I can't even be there..
Watch nf.birds for updates:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/nf.birds
As well as Bruce MacT's blog:
http://brucemactavish1.blogspot.ca/
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All of this comes down to a huge blocking high pressure pattern over Europe and a negative NAO...
Everything is getting bunched up, and ususally the NAO sucks away our weather before cold dips this far south and this long...
There's a chance of snow flurries in Florida (central) in the forecast due to this!
As you can see - far reaching implications from a global weather pattern thats a bit odd.... And as birders, it's times like this (abnormal times) that are prime situations to watch for abnormal birds! They may not occur, but it's a great learning experience...
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Had another group of Bohemian Waxwings today on my drive to work. This time at Hwy 6 and York Road - right in the heart of the HSA! Haven't seen them then far south very often.. (my southernmost is Port Stanley with Kentucky a few years ago in the winter)..
Last week I had a flock just south of guelph, and before that half way between the two places on Hwy 6... A pleasant observation considering the cirucmstances (and lack of binoculars)...
It took me until 2007 to get my first BOWA for Ontario (7 years of birding) as they were really scarce in that time frame (along with birds like EVGR and PIGR)...
Fast forward to today and Pine Grosbeaks are one of my absoloute favourite bird species, and Bohemian's are pretty high as well... It may be due to my love for all things northern, but you can't deny how awesome they are. Two of my all-time favourite bird photos are also of these species (probably partially for the same reasons):
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