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

2011-10-14 Thread Ethan Duke
> From: bounce-38145761-10105...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-38145761-10105...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ethan Duke > [ethan.d...@mrbo.org] > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:12 PM > To: NFC-L > Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight cal

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

2011-10-13 Thread Christopher Heckscher
ll.edu [bounce-38145761-10105...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ethan Duke [ethan.d...@mrbo.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:12 PM To: NFC-L Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight calls on ground Chris, I'm sure you've encountered the Veery "Whisper Song." I was wondering if

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

2011-10-12 Thread Michael O'Brien
rve" Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:35:27 PM Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight calls on ground I have heard Hermit Thrush give a call like that, interestingly I have also heard Gray-cheeked, Swainsons, and Veery give an alternate "flight" call note. These notes sou

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

2011-10-12 Thread Michael Lanzone
O'Brien > Victor Emanuel Nature Tours > www.ventbird.com > -- > *From: *"Jeff Wells" > *To: *"Nocturnal Flight Call ListServe" > *Sent: *Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:09:41 PM > *Subject: *[nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight calls on ground > > > Yesterday morn

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

2011-10-12 Thread Michael O'Brien
5:09:41 PM Subject: [nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight calls on ground Yesterday morning I was out in my suburban yard in south-central Maine watching a nice morning flight of birds moving over and through when I began hearing the “chuck” call of a Hermit Thrush from the neighbor’s backyard. Soon i

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

2011-10-12 Thread Jay Withgott
t;over 400 were produced. Most of the tracks were duplicated on the >>Flight Calls CDRom. ~Bill E >> >> >> >> >>- Original Message - >>From: <mailto:k...@cornell.edu>Kenneth Victor Rosenberg >>To: <mailto:jwe...@intlboreal.org>Jeff Well

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

2011-10-12 Thread Michael Lanzone
nging It" bulletin in early 1990. As I recall, the > tape sold for $15 and over 400 were produced. Most of the tracks were > duplicated on the Flight Calls CDRom. ~Bill E > > > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Kenneth Victor Rosenberg > *To:* Jeff Wells

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

2011-10-12 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
ell.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight calls on ground I wonder if Bill Evans could re-release the "thrush-tape" that Jeff is referring to on CD (or podcast?) -- that is still probably the best primer for learning the basic thrushes,

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

2011-10-12 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
over, DE 19901 >> >> >> >> >> From: bounce-38143835-10105...@list.cornell.edu [ bounce-38143835-10105...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jesse Ellis [ calocit...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:49 AM >> To: NFC-L

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

2011-10-12 Thread Magnus Robb
> [calocit...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:49 AM > To: NFC-L > Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight calls on ground > > Seems like all the North American Catharus do this, no? I'm pretty sure I've > heard Veery doing flight calls on the ground as wel

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

2011-10-12 Thread Christopher Heckscher
3835-10105...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jesse Ellis [calocit...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:49 AM To: NFC-L Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight calls on ground Seems like all the North American Catharus do this, no? I'm pretty sure I've heard Veery doing flight c

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

2011-10-12 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
they do have short, harmonic, call notes given while perched (at least some species I am familiar with) -- whether these are ever given in flight I do not know. And then there is the possibility of elevational or short-distance migrations or movements in some species. Plus, a number of South

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

2011-10-12 Thread Jesse Ellis
Seems like all the North American *Catharus* do this, no? I'm pretty sure I've heard Veery doing flight calls on the ground as well. An interesting question, then, would be whether Central and S. American *Catharus* have such calls On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg

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

2011-10-12 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
I wonder if Bill Evans could re-release the "thrush-tape" that Jeff is referring to on CD (or podcast?) -- that is still probably the best primer for learning the basic thrushes, and lot of us got started with that tape! KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of

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

2011-10-12 Thread Jeff Wells
Yes, and remember Bill's classic thrush tape in which he had, if I am remembering correctly, both Wood Thrush and Bicknell's Thrush singing on the breeding grounds and interspersing the flight calls in the song? That was such a great tape! Last year when I was in northern Quebec I had

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

2011-10-11 Thread Kenneth Victor Rosenberg
Jeff et al. I have fairly frequently heard Hermit Thrush giving it's nfc on the ground at first light -- especially in early winter, often interspersed with "chuck" notes just as you describe. I have also heard both Swainson's and Wood Thrush giving what sounds like the nfc interspersed with

[nfc-l] Hermit Thrush flight calls on ground

2011-10-11 Thread Jeff Wells
Yesterday morning I was out in my suburban yard in south-central Maine watching a nice morning flight of birds moving over and through when I began hearing the "chuck" call of a Hermit Thrush from the neighbor's backyard. Soon it began alternating between the "chuck" call and the drawn-out "whee"