Date: 6/30/25 10:43 am From: Jack Rogers via groups.io <jack...> Subject: Re: [labird] Golden-cheeked Warblers overfly LA
Paul and all-
Notably, South Padre Island has 2 July records (07-06-2014, 07-17-2020).
Maybe something for Louisiana birders to target in an otherwise dreadfully
slow month for birding?
Jack
Jack Rogers
*Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A & M University of
Kingsville*
*Kingsville, TX/Mt Pleasant, SC*
On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM Paul Conover via groups.io <zoiseaux=
<lusfiber.net...> wrote:
> Peter, Labird,
>
> In addition to the FL record, there have been other reports SE
> of the breeding grounds, including Galveston. While I wouldn't put it in
> my Next Ten list, I've always wondered if it's a rare but regular
> migrant. Migration seems to start by late June when almost no birder is
> out there. Last summer, I think it was, Dave Patton's trail cam at
> Peveto picked up a tantalizing late June BT Green/Golden-cheeked type
> warbler coming into the water feature, but the images just eluded ID.
>
> Paul Conover
>
>
> On 6/29/2025 7:34 AM, Peter H Yaukey via groups.io wrote:
> > LABirders:
> > I read a (to me) shocking geolocator paper yesterday that reported that
> many Golden-cheeked Warblers travel far east from their nesting areas
> before turning south in fall, many apparently traversing Louisiana. The
> paper states that 20% of the birds in the study sample migrated across the
> Gulf in fall, including some going as far east as peninsular Florida. Here
> are the tracks of the c. 12 (of their total of 61 migrants tracked w
> geolocators) that went transgulf or through Florida.
> >
> > [cid:a9bc4c85-0d14-493e-947a-ed00063f054b]
> > They had another map that gives stopover points. One of these is on the
> Chandeleurs. Has the LBRC considered whether a geolocator observation
> could constitute a first state record? The lead authors of the study are
> actually at LSU- perhaps they could provide information on the amount of
> precision in that stopover observation or the flyover tracks?
> > This is crazy!
> >
> > [cid:2624d6e2-9708-4bd0-bcc2-9a578f417bf3]
> >
> > [cid:cac7bd43-7edd-4d8b-ab89-93ebac7375e8]
> >
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