Just a reminder that the hurricane is due to move our way as it sputters
out  http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ECIR4.html . Some folks near Galveston
posted photos yesterday of as many as 140 frigatebirds inland, and
several others in states along the storm's projected path are talking
about keeping an eye out; practiced observers say frigatebirds and
tropical terns are the most likely waifs to appear. Our chances are not
good, but they are a lot better with weather to push them our way, so
just a reminder to keep alert for birds moving way overhead, and others
settling down or hunting over fair-sized bodies of water. Most of our
storm-driven rarities have occurred--rarely, of course--in conditions
like this, and include especially frigatebirds, and royal and sooty
terns. The frigatebirds are far more likely to be discovered flying
overhead, but royal terns will set down on beaches, etc. (as did the
Hoover Res bird over five days four years ago) though sooty terns--who
apparently prefer not to rest on water--will, based on Ohio's single
record, spend all their local hunting time over water. Good luck,
Bill Whan

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