[nfc-l] flight call count and list protocols

Hello all, Apropos several recent threads about eBird Nocturnal Flight Call Count protocol, and some confusion about how and when to use it, the eBird team reviewed the protocol's current description. We agreed that there was some potential for confusion, and we attempted to resolve points of

Re: [nfc-l] About your Hermit Thrush observation in eBird

Hello all, Apologies for not weighing in on this sooner, but I've had some family issues on top of travel, and lost the previous thread. Could someone please forward the original discussion about eBird's NFC protocol back to me, *privately*, and I'll be happy to weigh in on the discussion to the

Re:[nfc-l] NFC Protocol - more

Let me try this again, I am not sure it went through . . . Best, AF On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > Hi John and all, > Thank you for bringing these points to the group, much appreciated. > > First, yes, there is an error (now corrected) - astronomi

[nfc-l] NFC protocol redux

Hi all, Thank you, Laurent, Matt, Doug, Rob, and Magnus, for bringing up good questions and opportunities for discussion! The eBird (Marshall Iliff, Brian Sullivan, Chris Wood) and BirdCast (yours truly) teams reviewed this situation, your questions, and your comments, and we came up with some

Re: [nfc-l] Ebird and NFC protocol

Hi all, I'd like to chime in on this timely post as well. Thank you, Laurent, for the initial question, and thank you, Rob, for continuing the discussion. By way of introduction, for those that do not know or that recently joined the list, I work for the Lab of Ornithology as the BirdCast project

Re: [nfc-l] Northbound?

Hi all, Semi-briefly . . . Dan, this is highly typical of morning flight of nocturnal migrants, which in this case is likely birds engaged in some sort of redetermining (whether drift compensation or habitat search would be up for debate I suspect). There are several on this list with a good deal

Re: [nfc-l] Ajo, AZ flight last night

Hi all, Painted Redstart flight call is still quite the mystery. In August 2005 Mike Lanzone and I recorded a number of different "flight call" type vocalizations from free-flying PARE observed in short diurnal flights in the Mogollon Rim area of AZ (a GREAT place to learn western flight calls -

[nfc-l] Migration forecasts

Hi all, Greetings from texas (for the time being)! A quick note regarding prediction on nocturnal movements: migration forecasts are currently made on posted ebird site and woodcreeper.com among a few other sites. Best Andrew On Apr 23, 2012, at 23:00, Mike Farmer wrote: > Yes! I have been

Re: [nfc-l] roll call!

Hi all, Apologies for a slightly long and on-but-diverging-from-topic addition to the thread . . . I am recording with Wildlife Acoustics SM2s in New York, NY this spring, at my apartment and in conjunction with a joint Fordham - New York City Audubon project using a small scale radar and

Re: [nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight calls on ground

Hi all, Interesting thread! My experience with *Catharus*, in general for North, Central and South America, is that species in this genus regularly use what people call the flight calls on the ground, during the day, and certainly in situations outside typical periods of nocturnal migration (of

Re: [nfc-l] American Bittern NFC

le call detected from a passing individual. Uncommon but regular > flight call here in central NY. > > Bill E > > > ----- Original Message - From: "Andrew Farnsworth" > > To: > Cc: ; "Bill Evans" > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 1:38 PM >

Re: [nfc-l] American Bittern NFC

roduct Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer > Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 > W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 607-254-1132 > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp > > > > -Original Message

Re: [nfc-l] Bird Echoes on the Radars Early This Morning!

All, If you want to see early movement on radar, there is a nice departure of presumably waterfowl from the Lake Charles LA radar for -0130 UTC, 17 Feb (now, as I am sending this message). Nice thing to do is look at the velocity image, and see targets moving away from the radar rapidly in a

Re: [nfc-l] Nocturnal flight calls, Colorado's Front Range, 3+ years of data

nonsense molt-migrants flying from their > breeding grounds in the Rockies to molting grounds in eastern Colorado > and western Kansas.) > > Two thoughts, if I may, if you've actually made it this far: > > 1. Five years ago, NFC-L contributor Andrew Farnsworth had a great paper >

Re: Fw: [nfc-l] Big Migratory Push Next Week Eastern U.S??

Hi all, Great post - I, too, am eager to see what happens with the development of this system. Following David N and David LP thoughts, with such strong southerly flow over the Gulf of Mexico later this week, I'd expect a nice pulse of early spring migrants into the Gulf states and beyond; with

Re: [nfc-l] Big NF tonight in Mid-Atlantic (US)?

Hi all, Just a few comments to catch up on all of these threads. And a big welcome back to all of those checking this list regularly! On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Andrew Albright wrote: > Is this too early for a big NF in the mid-atlantic region? Broadly, no, I don't think so - this week

Re: [nfc-l] Big NF tonight in Mid-Atlantic (US)?

Hi all, Good discussion. I'll chime in further later on about the winds and migration - much to say about that. . .but on a more proximal note, an interesting assortment of calls from vocal migrants moving tonight in NYC including Hermit Thrush (4), Brown Creeper (2), Red-breasted Nuthatch (2),

Re: [nfc-l] a call to action for the coming months. . .

examples of North American species that give > distinctive age related flight calls either diurnal or nocturnal? > > Sincerely, > Gerard Phillips > Ontario, Canada > > On 12/17/09 10:48 AM, "Andrew Farnsworth" > wrote: > > variation may exist among c

[nfc-l] a call to action for the coming months. . .

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

Re: [nfc-l] Savannah Sparrow calls?

Good morning all, Andrew, quick note: Conservation Science Program at the Lab of Ornithology has numerous recordings of Savannah Sparrow flight calls from past years (and probably last night as well, given the composition of recent movements), as does, I suspect, Powdermill Avian Research Center

Re: [nfc-l] is there anybody. OUT THERE.

Hi all, Heavy calling in Manhattan as well (more details later today or tonight), and a nice morning flight happening right now (since 6:30AM or so) visible from the east side of Manhattan (East 54th St/Sutton Place). Also, FYI: http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200910091 Best,

Re: [nfc-l] tonight calls low altitude at Jersey Shore

Good morning all, There was also good calling activity in Manhattan, NYC, on the East side just north of the UN, last night - Swainson's Thrush was by far the dominant migrant, acoustically, with some periods in the middle of the night (~1-2AM) of 35-40 calls per minute. Additionally, a suite of

Re: [nfc-l] ducks and grebes in night migration?

Hi Andy, Good request! I suspect a number of people can and might chime in on this. . . Waterfowl vocalizations are quite frequent in some of the recordings we (Conservation Science program at Cornell Lab) made in recent years, particularly those deployments in New England, northern NY, and NJ

Re: [nfc-l] NFC Detectors and Equipment?

Hi all, There is much fodder for discussion here, but I'll need to keep this brief - if I can, I'll reply at length to all the additional questions that Chris posed in a previous email in this vein, but it probably won't be until later in the weekend. David, I am pleased to hear that you are

Re: [nfc-l] Night Flight, Catron County, New Mexico 18-19 August 2009

nTanager/BlackHeadedGrosbeak nexus is > nasty. > > Best, > Ted > > P.s. Good dawn flight audible outside my window right now. Spizellas. > > > > > -Original Message- > From: bounce-4189561-9667...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-4189561-9667...@list.c

[nfc-l] Night Flight, Catron County, New Mexico 18-19 August 2009

Hi all, I was in western New Mexico for a brief but eventful visit from 17-19 August 2009. The birding highlight was almost certainly (large Pinyon Jay flocks is a close top highlight too) the nice nocturnal flights on the evening of 18 August continuing into the morning of 19 August near

Re: [nfc-l] Interesting early papers on moonwatching

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

Re: [nfc-l] NFCs in Caroline

Good morning all, Manhattan had a nice flight last night as well, including Veery, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Redstart, and Canada Warbler. I'll see what the recordings hold. . . All my listening and recording is on the east side of Manhattan Island, at 54th St. Best to all, Andrew On

[nfc-l] College of Dupage Radar

Hi again all, This is likely to be old hat for many, but one of the nice looking sites for accessing radar data is: http://weather.cod.edu/analysis/analysis.radar.html. Everyone has their own favorites, and there are many, but I think this one is particularly good. . .Whether they will provide

[nfc-l] nocturnal flights in the coming nights (message and TEST of message)

Hi all, This is as much a test as it is a message. . . Just a FYI - tonight and tomorrow night will presumably provide additional opportunities to sample this "cool (no irony intended)" mesoscale weather pattern. Large numbers of birds have arrived across the NE and adjacent regions, and some of