Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsd!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!pratt From: pratt@paul.rutgers.edu (Lorien Y. Pratt) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Spring Migration (was: Re: Long Point Swans ) Message-ID: Date: 21 Mar 89 04:13:17 GMT References: <1989Mar20.184841.22652@utzoo.uucp> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 22 Well, here in central New Jersey this past week was the start of Bird Spring. Cardinals are now in full Song (although they haven't paired yet). Song sparrows which didn't used to be around are now common and I've heard one song, too. Male Robins are here (really, they weren't before), and last Wednesday, I heard Killdeer making noises very high up in the air. Starlings have also started at it, and on Friday a Mockingbird was going full swing from the top of a tree on Busch campus. As for waterfowl, at Asunpink WMA in the 82 degrees last Saturday, there were probably 10 Greater Scaup, one Redhead, and a couple of small rafts of Ruddy Duck. Are there any ``batters'' out there? We saw a big reddish one last Wednesday too. Do they hibernate? --Lori -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorien Y. Pratt Computer Science Department pratt@paul.rutgers.edu Rutgers University Hill Center (201) 932-4634 New Brunswick, NJ 08901