[Maine-birds] storm track and possible rarities

This is the sort of storm track and winds that sweep wandering Purple
Gallinules north. Many of our records are from January to February.
Keep an eye out for what that Gyrfalcon captures and look in the
bushes and wet ditches around your feet. Let's find one alive!

Recall last February when I detailed the extraordinary dispersal of
these birds to Maine (several records) as well as across the Atlantic.
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/maine-birds/PIw_VJOK6Zs/RsjOEU8sNagJ

Subsequent to that post, researchers at eBird and Birdcast put
together a compelling case for drought-induced dispersal, showing the
probable origin in the Caribbean.
http://birdcast.info/forecast/purple-gallinule/

It's happening again, Jared Clarke reporting that two Purple
Gallinules landed on vessels off Newfoundland recently. Crazy!

Louis Bevier
Fairfield

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