Re: [SBB] Poorwill Status

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In a message dated 6/18/2005 9:51:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
[[email protected]] writes:

Perhaps  all of the birds 
in Monterey or San Luis Obispo counties are resident,  while all of the 
birds in Oregon or Washington are migratory.  In  between, there may well be 
a mix of birds, with some migrating and some  staying over.  Moreover, this 
mixture may very well vary from year to  year as these inbetween populations 
have to guess as to whether there will  be sufficient food resources for 
them to stay  over.



I agree with this assessment, but stress that in our area there  is little 
coverage of poorwill habitat at night in the winter, and if their  activity is 
sometimes limited by hibernation or torpor then that would  limit detections 
even more. Perhaps of interest, a number of the winter records  from Santa Cruz 
Co. are from spots where the species is not known to reside  during the 
nesting season. What that means...I don't know. In part it may  reflect spotty 
knowledge of the breeding season distribution.
 
>From over the hill,
 
David  Suddjian
Capitola CA
[[email protected]]
Santa Cruz Bird Club
Bird  Records Keeper
Bird Club Website: _www.santacruzbirdclub.org_ (http://www.santa/) 
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