Just speculating myself, but some two-year old Black-bellied Plovers
making their first trip back to the arctic might fail to breed
through inexperience rather than lack of energy.
-Geo
On Jun 28, 2011, at 8:42 AM, david nicosia wrote:
It is very interesting that shorebirds are already showing up again
and it is late June.
Failed breeders? or did they just halt their northward migration
for some reason
(lack of fat reserves?) and will stage before continuing south
again? Could they be very
late "spring" migrants (younger birds that won't breed)? It seems
hard to believe
these birds would have made it to the arctic, failed at breeding
and had enough
energy to make it all the way back down here by the end of June.
Since I am
not an ornithologist these are mere speculations on my part. Anyone
have a
more definitive idea on this? or know of research studies on this?
just really
curious. thanks.
Dave Nicosia
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