Re: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

2012-04-23 Thread Mike Farmer 
Yes!   I have been looking at this great wind map since Chris alerted us to it. 
  The last 1O days there have been extended days in which most of the eastern 
US, and Texas, had north winds and there has been a near complete collapse in 
recording data in Austin during those times.   And like you, I noticed tonight 
the correlation with the center of the country.   It’s better data than just 
getting the local hourly wind data for Austin.  It will be interesting to see 
what Austin recorders get tonight.

This wind map seems to be a great tool and is fun to watch in relation to the 
migration.   Will this website last?   It seems to be created as a promotion.

From: Caitlin Coberly 
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:23 PM
To: 'Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes' ; 'NFC-L' 
Subject: RE: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

Is anyone paying attention to the wind map and using it to predict/ or post 
correlate their flights?  It looks like a  good shoot straight up the center of 
the country tonight.

 

http://hint.fm/wind/

 

I haven’t gotten  good pattern out here yet, but I have this as my default home 
page so I can look at it every morning at least.

 

Best,

 

Caitlin

 

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RE: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

2012-04-23 Thread Caitlin Coberly 
Is anyone paying attention to the wind map and using it to predict/ or post
correlate their flights?  It looks like a  good shoot straight up the center
of the country tonight.

 

  http://hint.fm/wind/

 

I haven't gotten  good pattern out here yet, but I have this as my default
home page so I can look at it every morning at least.

 

Best,

 

Caitlin

 


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Re: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

2012-04-22 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
Good call on this one Michael and Andy. I completely agree, having now reviewed 
the samples provided at Steve Kelling's flight call website and some other 
resources (thanks for pointing that out again!). I've only heard Virginia Rail 
overhead at night producing their "kid-dick" calls. I had noticed that the 
frequency was high, but it seemed within the realm of possibility for the 
similar Red-headed Woodpecker NFC, but, I'll have to go with Virginia Rail on 
this one, too.

Upon comparing the two in Raven, it seems that RHWO does indeed have more 
harmonics, is lower in frequency, and the RHWO call has connected modulation, 
giving it a thicker "churrr"-like quality, while Virginia Rail "kicker" call 
seems to have very few harmonics (none, except perhaps at the onset?), is 
slightly higher in frequency, and has disconnected modulation, giving it a 
dryer "reedy"-like quality.

Thanks for posting the sound, Rob. This was a good learning experience for me. 
I hope to record more this springtime (Etna, NY), so perhaps will encounter my 
own Virginia Rail call in the coming days/weeks.

Good night listening!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


On Apr 22, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Andy Martin wrote:

Rob,

I have a similar call posted on my website (http://www.nightmigrants.com/ 
 ) which I presume to be a VA Rail based 
on finding a similar example at Steve Kelling's flight call website 
(http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdcalls). I remember emailing the call to Steve 
and he felt confident it was good match for last part of "kicker" call of VA 
Rail.

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg, MD


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On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Rob Fergus 
mailto:birdcha...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Here's a call I got a couple nights ago.  Got another one last night.  Would 
love input on this one. It sort of looks like SWTH spectograms, but doesn't 
sound like it at all.  Ends with a nice burriness.

Rob Fergus
Union Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ
http://birdchaser.blogspot.com

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RE: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

2012-04-22 Thread Rob Fergus 

Wow Michael and Andy, thanks for pointing me to Virginia Rail.  I doubt I'd 
ever have thought of that myself.  It's exciting (and very humbling) after all 
these years of birding to be thrown into such unfamiliar territory!  

Rob Fergus 

Union Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:53:49 -0400
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call
From: apmart...@gmail.com
To: nfc-l@cornell.edu

Rob,

I have a similar call posted on my website (http://www.nightmigrants.com/ ) 
which I presume to be a VA Rail based on finding a similar example at Steve 
Kelling's flight call website (http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdcalls). I 
remember emailing the call to Steve and he felt confident it was good match for 
last part of "kicker" call of VA Rail.


Andy Martin
Gaithersburg, MD



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On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Rob Fergus  wrote:








Here's a call I got a couple nights ago.  Got another one last night.  Would 
love input on this one. It sort of looks like SWTH spectograms, but doesn't 
sound like it at all.  Ends with a nice burriness.  





Rob Fergus 

Union Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ
http://birdchaser.blogspot.com



  
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Re: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

2012-04-22 Thread Andy Martin 
Rob,

I have a similar call posted on my website (http://www.nightmigrants.com/
) which I presume to be a VA Rail
based on finding a similar example at Steve Kelling's flight call website (
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdcalls). I remember emailing the call to
Steve and he felt confident it was good match for last part of "kicker"
call of VA Rail.

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg, MD


http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdcalls
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Rob Fergus  wrote:

>  Here's a call I got a couple nights ago.  Got another one last night.
>  Would love input on this one. It sort of looks like SWTH spectograms, but
> doesn't sound like it at all.  Ends with a nice burriness.
>
> Rob Fergus
> Union Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ
> http://birdchaser.blogspot.com
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Re: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

2012-04-21 Thread Michael O'Brien 
Rob,

This sounds like a good match for Virginia Rail to me. 

Best,
Michael

Michael O'Brien
Victor Emanuel Nature Tours
www.ventbird.com

On Apr 21, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Rob Fergus  wrote:

> Here's a call I got a couple nights ago.  Got another one last night.  Would 
> love input on this one. It sort of looks like SWTH spectograms, but doesn't 
> sound like it at all.  Ends with a nice burriness.  
> 
> Rob Fergus 
> Union Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ
> http://birdchaser.blogspot.com 
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Re: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

2012-04-21 Thread Jay K 


Rob,
 
The clip is a little curtailed, but to me this is somewhat reminiscent of some calls of the Great Crested Flycatcher.
 
Jay Keller,
San Diego, CA
 

-Original Message- From: Rob Fergus Sent: Apr 21, 2012 2:19 PM To: nf...@list.cornell.edu Subject: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call 




Here's a call I got a couple nights ago.  Got another one last night.  Would love input on this one. It sort of looks like SWTH spectograms, but doesn't sound like it at all.  Ends with a nice burriness.  Rob Fergus Union Township, Hunterdon Co, NJhttp://birdchaser.blogspot.com 
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RE: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

2012-04-21 Thread Rob Fergus 

Chris, the spectograms I can find of the Red-headed Woodpecker call seem to 
have a couple layers of harmonics, whereas this just has the one line--perhaps 
because the bird was at a distance from the mic it didn't catch it all?  I'm 
intrigued by this possibility...not least because these are pretty scarce 
around here and if I can document their migration that would be cool--as well 
as a nice addition to the yard list :-) 

Rob Fergus 

Union Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ
http://birdchaser.blogspot.com


From: c...@cornell.edu
To: nf...@list.cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:25:53 +







Rob,



This sounds like a call that is within the realm of variation for the night 
flight call of Red-headed Woodpecker. At least, that's my first impression. 
Thoughts?



Sincerely,
Chris T-H








On Apr 21, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Rob Fergus wrote:





Here's a call I got a couple nights ago.  Got another one last night.  Would 
love input on this one. It sort of looks like SWTH spectograms, but doesn't 
sound like it at all.  Ends with a nice burriness.  



Rob Fergus 

Union Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ

http://birdchaser.blogspot.com 






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Re: [nfc-l] Unknown Hunterdon NJ Night Flight Call

2012-04-21 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
Rob,

This sounds like a call that is within the realm of variation for the night 
flight call of Red-headed Woodpecker. At least, that's my first impression. 
Thoughts?

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


On Apr 21, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Rob Fergus wrote:

Here's a call I got a couple nights ago.  Got another one last night.  Would 
love input on this one. It sort of looks like SWTH spectograms, but doesn't 
sound like it at all.  Ends with a nice burriness.

Rob Fergus
Union Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ
http://birdchaser.blogspot.com

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