Jim Danzenbaker
Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:04:18 -0700
Hi All, Much further south at the southern tip of Jekyll Island, Georgia (about 25 miles north of the Florida state line), I also had a very heavy migration night with 140 calls per minute between 6am and 6:45am this morning. Dominant species seemed to be Swainson's Thrushes and Palm Warblers but also included were presumed Indigo Buntings (I don't know the flight call of Painted Buntings of which there are quite a few here), Bobolinks, and probably American Redstarts and Common Yellowthroats. Quite a few Savannah Sparrows and at least one Grey-cheeked Thrush. Many unidentified chips though. The wind was from the NNE at about 5 mph which was a first since the ridiculous heat and humidity and south winds of the last three days.
Jim -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-723-0345 jdanzenba...@gmail.com On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Donald P. Freiday < don.frei...@njaudubon.org> wrote: > What Jeff heard matches almost exactly in composition what I heard along > Delaware Bay 10 miles north of Cape May from 5 to 6 a.m., although when I > averaged call numbers for the hour it came out to 5-6/minute for the entire > time. There were spurts of much more calling. I also heard 7 American > Bitterns, Gray-cheekeds, the first few Hermit Thrushes of fall, and a few > other things. > > > > Does anyone use, or is anyone aware of, a scale turning calls-per-minute > into qualitative terms like light, moderate, and heavy migration? This > would be site-specific, of course, but I’m curious what other people > consider a heavy migration night. > > > > Don Freiday, > > Cape May, NJ > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* bounce-4413013-10072...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: > bounce-4413013-10072...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Wells > *Sent:* Saturday, October 10, 2009 10:37 PM > *To:* nfc-l@cornell.edu > *Subject:* [nfc-l] Good flight in Maine tonight - Sat Oct 10 > > > > Lots of birds moving in nocturnal migration tonight based on call rates > here in Gardiner. Listening on and off from 9:30-10:30 PM I have had periods > with a call every 1-3 seconds including Savannah Sparrows, White-throated > Sparrows, Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrows, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Palm Warblers, > Common Yellowthroats, and Swainson's Thrushes. > > > > Jeff Wells > -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --