Just light calling tonight here in Danby at 1700-ft asl. The clouds are skimming the tree tops and a refreshing mist wafts around. Besides the species Ken mentioned, Green Heron has been a regular caller (5 calling sequences).
Bill E ---------------------------------------- From: "Kenneth Victor Rosenberg" <k...@cornell.edu> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:13 AM To: "Kenneth Victor Rosenberg" <k...@cornell.edu>, "cb" <cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] More night flight over Ithaca In spite of the steady drizzle, I heard about 70 thrush-like calls over my house in 30 minutes between 11:20 and 11:50 PM tonight. At least half sounded like classic VEERY to me, but many of the rest were probably ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. I only heard 3-4 calls that seemed typical for SWAINSON'S THRUSH. Not as many "zeep" notes as last night, but seemingly more variety. Conditions looked like they could be great at the Cornell stadium, which (I think) was lighting up the sky to the south of me. KEN On 9/9/10 9:17 PM, "Ken Rosenberg" <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: Hi all, I was only able to listen for a short while last night, between 12:45 and 1 AM, but there were many calls over my house in northeast Ithaca - and the ratio seemed different from what Jay reported. In 15 minutes, I estimated 40 VEERIES, only 5 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, and one clear GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, plus about 20 warbler "zeeps." I must admit that each fall I am rusty on Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in early September, so at least some of my "Veeries" may have been grosbeaks (according to Jay et al's numbers) -- but there were definitely many more Veeries than Swainson's in the time I was listening. I'm curious is others have other results to report? Hope to get out for a while later this evening,, KEN ********************************************** Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca NY 14850 Phone: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu www.birds.cornell.edu ********************************************** Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca NY 14850 Phone: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu www.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
