Tower-Killed Specimens and Observations of Migrant Birds from Grand Bahama Island

The species composition of birds killed on the night of 21-22 October at towers on Grand Bahama Island is presented with a description of the weather patterns preceding and following frontal passage. Gray-cheeked Thrushes and Blackpoll Warblers comprised almost half of all the birds killed. During t...

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Published in:The Wilson bulletin (Wilson Ornithological Society) 1969-09, Vol.81 (3), p.258-263
Main Authors: Kale, Herbert W., Margaret H. Hundley, James A. Tucker
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal social behavior
Bird banding
Birds
Birds of prey
Immatures
Missile tracking
Observational research
Songbirds
Warblers
Weather
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Summary:The species composition of birds killed on the night of 21-22 October at towers on Grand Bahama Island is presented with a description of the weather patterns preceding and following frontal passage. Gray-cheeked Thrushes and Blackpoll Warblers comprised almost half of all the birds killed. During this period a large number of migrants passed through the Bahamas, including several western vagrants. An annotated list of new and additional records for the West Indies represented by tower-killed birds or observations made during 20-24 October 1966 is included.
ISSN:0043-5643