S. cantillans migrating during the day (1 Viewer)

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Miguel Berkemeier

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• Mar 30, 2019

• #1

In the last Thursday I saw several Sylvia cantillans migrating from the sea completely during the day (at 1pm) in Costa de Caparica (Portugal)! Some of them landed in the rocky groin, even over the mussels and seaweed! It was amazing and purely unexpected.

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54309949

 

RafaelMatias

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• Mar 30, 2019

• #2

Very interesting Miguel, congrats on witnessing this (I was aware of this already through the e-bird alerts). I think it's unprecedented for the region and I'd say it's something you shouldn't expect to see many times again!

 

Nutcracker

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• Mar 31, 2019

• #3

Perhaps most likely birds that set out from Morocco aiming for Algarve, but carried too far west, and then reorienting. Once they are over the sea, they keep flying until they reach land - they have no option to stop migrating during daylight!

Here in NE England night-migrating birds like Turdus spp. arriving from Scandinavia frequently arrive during the day, as the North Sea is too wide for them to cross entirely at night.

 

Last edited: Mar 31, 2019

Nutcracker

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• Mar 31, 2019

• #4

PS the last photo on your ebird list "Possibly Anthus" is another warbler, perhaps Phylloscopus bonelli (contrasting greenish rump). Anthus species can be excluded because it does not have the long tertial feathers found on Anthus spp.

 

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Miguel Berkemeier

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• Mar 31, 2019

• #5

Thank you both!