Hi all, A number of you have indicated that you would like to participate so I am just sending some very brief instructions for anyone that wants to participate. I am thinking that if possible between 10-11 and 11-12 we could watch at least 2 times during the hour for 5 minutes. Only could bird that actually go through the lighted part of the moon, but you can note others that you see in your field of view. I will be doing this 4 times per hour 5 minutes each time, starting at 9:00 pm. If you can only do this once for 10 minutes that will be ok too. This is fairly informal now, hopefully in the future it can become more. You should record the time(s) you begin and end, your location- closest town or lat/long, # birds that pass the moon (and bats too if you see any), other observations, and optics used. Send me your results and I will post to the list once I compile. Possibly in October we can get more people to join in!
Best, Mike Michael Lanzone Biotechnology and Biomonitoring Lab Supervisor Carnegie Museum of Natural History Powdermill Avian Research Center 1847 Route 381 Rector, PA 15677 724.593.5521 Office mlanz...@gmail.com On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Michael Lanzone <mlanz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Tonight is supposed to be clear across much of the east and also a full > moon, so was wondering if anyone was interested in trying to coordinate some > kind of formal moon watch tonight. I was thinking for starters to get this > off the ground possibly we could pick an hour or two tonight were we watch > for 5 minute intervals 4 times an hour?? Anyone have any ideas on this or > interested in trying to get something going? Hopefully for October we can > have something a bit more formal, but I thought it would be a good > opportunity to get this started, anyone game?? > > Best, > Mike > > Michael Lanzone > Biotechnology and Biomonitoring Lab Supervisor > Carnegie Museum of Natural History > Powdermill Avian Research Center > 1847 Route 381 > Rector, PA 15677 > 724.593.5521 Office > mlanz...@gmail.com > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:20 AM, David La Puma <woodcree...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I just wanted to pop my head in and say "thanks" to those who put this >> list together (Chris? Andrew?). I'm stoked to be a part of it now. I'd love >> the opportunity to work on a project combining moon watching with radar and >> flight calls. As Mike said, "Let's do it!" >> >> in the meantime, I'll be posting nightly radar and migration >> interpretations for NYC and NJ on www.woodcreeper.com , so come check it >> out and contribute your FC observations to the discussion. >> >> Cheers >> >> David >> ____________________________________________________ >> David A. La Puma, Ph.D. >> Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources >> >> Online Teaching Portfolio: >> http://www.woodcreeper.com/teaching >> >> Lockwood lab: >> http://rci.rutgers.edu/~jlockwoo <http://rci.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlockwoo> >> >> Websites: >> http://www.woodcreeper.com >> http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com >> >> Photos: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodcreeper >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Andrew Farnsworth < >> andrew.farnswo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> FYI - I think there was a 1950 paper too, though I cannot remember. . >>> .When everyone is ready, it is high time that we replicate Lowery and Newman >>> (1966). With today's technology for synthesizing information, we could do >>> it in a much more timely and large scale manner, AND we could combine it >>> with FC and radar data in a way not possible in the 60s. . . >>> >>> Best, >>> Andrew >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 07:20, Ted Floyd <tfl...@aba.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, all. >>>> >>>> I was recently contacted by somebody who's preparing an obituary for >>>> William A. Rense, a leading solar physicist of the 20th century. Here's >>>> one of his publications: >>>> >>>> Rense, W.A. 1946. Astronomy and ornithology. Popular Astronomy >>>> 54(2):55-73. >>>> >>>> The article presents all the calculations necessary for "moonwatching," >>>> that is, for determining the number of birds on nocturnal migration >>>> within a given volume of sky. And, interestingly, this article precedes >>>> by several month's George Lowery's famous 1946 paper on the same topic >>>> (Auk 63:175-211). Lowery and Rense were colleagues, actually, so this >>>> isn't a disputed-priority thing. But it's interesting how we remember >>>> the famous Lowery paper, not the original Rense article. (Even though >>>> Rense's appeared in a relatively high-profile venue. Auk... Popular >>>> Astronomy... Please.) In a sense, this is also a tribute to Lowery's >>>> commendable interdisciplinary outlook on science and nature. >>>> >>>> What's also cool about the Rense article is that it reminds us that all >>>> of this had basically been worked out 40+ years earlier, during a >>>> brief--and virtually completely forgotten--"golden age" of research on >>>> nocturnal migration. Moonwatching techniques are well described in >>>> papers published in 1902 (Bull. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc.), 1906 (Popular >>>> Astronomy), and again in 1906 (Auk). >>>> >>>> (During that brief period of serious professional interest in the topic, >>>> there is an intriguing paper--by one Henry H. Kopman--on, among other >>>> things, the flight calls of wood-warblers. Farnsworth in a previous >>>> life...) >>>> >>>> Anyhow, I thought some folks would be interested. I'll let y'all know >>>> when the Rense obit. is published. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Ted >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Ted Floyd >>>> Editor, Birding >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Please support the American Birding Association: Click on >>>> http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=884482 to search the internet. >>>> >>>> Check out the American Birding Association on FaceBook: >>>> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22934255714 >>>> >>>> Check out the American Birding Association on Twitter: >>>> http://twitter.com/abaoutreach >>>> >>>> Please visit the website of the American Birding Association: >>>> http://www.aba.org >>>> >>>> -- >>>> NFC-L List Info: >>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME >>>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES >>>> -- >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html --
