That was my thoughts also - a tern sp.
BTW: Some years ago, I came up with the idea to place a baby room monitor outside with the "mommy" part inside. With that setup you can hear lots of stuff going on outside with the windows closed (good for winter days & nights). I've even put three around the house so now I get "surround sound". I can pretty well tell which way the hawk is coming from. Good fun and interesting to hear snow geese going over after dark for example. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore*, The Greene County, New York (~1/3 NYC<------*------->Montreal) gael...@capital.net http://blog.timesunion.com/birding _____ From: bounce-4265624-10071...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-4265624-10071...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:40 AM To: nfc-l@cornell.edu; cayugabirds-l-cornell.edu Subject: [nfc-l] Night flight call (unknown) Hi all, Today morning I heard a call at 5.55 am, it was something like "Kyawan Kyawan Kyarrr" three note call repeated three times with gaps of a second or more. The first two notes were very insistent as if trying to make some statements. The bird seemed fairly low, could hear from bed room window. If any body has any idea as to what it could be could be I would love to hear. I feel it was some kind of heron family bird, but may be wrong. Yesterday morning I had my recorder in pause mode, ready to record if I heard anything interesting but heard very few distant calls of Swainson's thrushes (spring peepers) and a few zips (between 4.45 am to 5.30 am). Today I think may it was a bit early time for birds to come down. But today the calls were louder and between 5.30 to 6.-00 am, I heard many calls, including the above mentioned call. Some of them were Swainson's Thrushes and some may have been Rose -breasted Grosbeaks and many unfamiliar call notes. Unfortunately, my recorder was not next to me at my window. So I just listened today. I am glad my bedroom window is open and can hear birds without even getting out! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 webpage: <http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/> http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ <http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/> http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mo thsofithaca.html <http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mo thsofithaca.html> http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- 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 --
