Fall Migration in Review

Fall migration 2009 never quite coalesced in Southwest Louisiana. If there was a big coordinated push of migrants, I don't know of anyone who experienced it. Part of the reason--probably the biggest part--was the lack of a strong cool front until well into October. And so, by the end of the first week of October when Indigo Buntings usually pass en masse on a good north tailwind, warm weather prevailed and the buntings passed unseen. Ditto for catbirds, waves of warblers, etc. There were dribs and drabs of birds in passage with a few exciting birds mixed in, but not one really memorable day of migration.