Andrew Farnsworth
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:48:31 -0800
Good morning all, I hope this message finds everyone well. It's been a good inaugural year on the NFC listserv, and personally I am looking forward to more in depth discussion in 2010 (and beyond)! I was thinking about the coming months, and the dearth of posting and potential posting on the NFC listserv, and I thought a call to action might be in order! So. . .although most of what we consider to be traditional nocturnal migration of passerines is on pause for the moment (and note I say traditional because plenty of interesting facultative nocturnal behaviors can and will still occur in many places as can nocturnal movements of waterbird, etc.), there's still some good flight call investigation and consideration to be done: in particular, recording/listening to flight calls on non-breeding and wintering territories and post-breeding family groups (depending on your hemisphere!). If any of you have the opportunity to monitor or to record flight calls outside the typical bounds of migration, and you make recordings or observations, please let us know and post on the listserv! Even the most basic reports of where and when you hear calls, in what scenarios, etc., is invaluable! There is much we still don't know about extra-migratory situations in which flight calls are given, what variation may exist among calls given in migration, non-breeding, and post-breeding seasons, and on and on - so many threads to follow! Just a thought. Regards and all the best for a happy and healthy 2010, Andrew -- 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/ --