Just a quick note to report that there was a significant but brief flight of Black-billed Cuckoos last night (5-6 June). Unfortunately, I was unable to start recording and listening until after 11:05pm, so I am nearly certain that I missed several cuckoos. Between 11:17pm and 2:02am, a total of 13 distinctly different calling Black-billed Cuckoos flew over Etna, NY.
Another really nice surprise was a single call note (not song) from an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. Only other birds were: 1 Swainson's Thrush, 1 Willow Flycatcher, 1 warbler downsweep, 1 Green Heron, and a single unidentified but loud Vireo-like call. This was only during that 2 hr 45 minute span. After 2:02pm, it's as if the migration faucet shut right down, probably because of the rain to the South of us. Results are from a quick hand-browsing of data, over the course of about 45 minutes just now. Good night-listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 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 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
