RE: [nfc-l] major migration in Eastern Pennsylvania

NFC-L, eBird Team (Steve Kelling, Brian Suillivan, Chris Wood, Marshall Iliff) was in North Dakota last night (7-8 Sep) enjoying a substantial nocturnal movement under clear skies and light N winds. About 8-15 calls/min. From 8:25-9:45 approximate totals (and in some cases, approximate IDs)

[nfc-l] Brief recap of workshop: "Frontiers of Field Ornithology: Nocturnal Migration in the West"

Hi, all. Nathan Pieplow and I just wrapped up our ABA IFO (Institute for Field Ornithology) workshop on nocturnal migration in the West, visiting various sites in Colorado. Despite a basically southerly windflow during the entirety of the workshop, we nonetheless had some nice nights afield.

[nfc-l] [Fwd: night birding]

Ken asked me to forward this to the list. Sincerely, Chris T-H Original Message Subject:night birding Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:34:38 -0400 From: Ken Rosenberg Reply-To: Ken Rosenberg To: cayugabird...@cornell.edu Hi all, I haven't had much time for

Re: [nfc-l] Night flight call (unknown)

A possibility that it was a tern. but did not sound like Caspian Tern may be other terns. The call was not as raspy as Caspians, but who know they may have something different too. I will also check out Willet as suggested by Bill later in the evening sometimes. Meena. > Meena,Could it have

Re: [nfc-l] moonwatch volume

On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 06:49 -0700, Jeff Wells wrote: > I'll bet that this question has been answered in the moonwatching > literature or someone out there has done the calculations but as I was > moonwatching last week and over an hour counted about a hundred birds, > it occurred to me that based

[nfc-l] Moonwatching 9/4/2009

Hello all: Just wanted to send off my results of a Moonwatching day on 4 September 2009. There were two of us completing Moonwatches independently while recording NFCs that night. Conditions were: Sky: Clear, Wind: 1-3mph from NE, Location: Cornell Track Field, Ithaca, NY We used Zeiss

RE: [nfc-l] Night flight calls - listening inside out

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

[nfc-l] moonwatch volume

I'll bet that this question has been answered in the moonwatching literature or someone out there has done the calculations but as I was moonwatching last week and over an hour counted about a hundred birds, it occurred to me that based on this sample I could roughly calculate how many birds may

Re: [nfc-l] Night flight call (unknown)

Meena,Could it have been a Caspian Tern? I heard several adults giving repetitive calls over my house last night, and I live about a mile from you (in Ithaca). Tom On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Meena Haribal wrote: > Hi all, > Today morning I heard a call at 5.55 am, it was something like

[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