Do they make their little toot sound when flying in migrations, John? Thx. Judy Thurber Liverpool
Sent from my iPad > On Oct 29, 2013, at 2:48 PM, John Confer <con...@ithaca.edu> wrote: > > HHOWLS (Hammond Hill Owl Site) had our best night of the year last > night on 29 Oct. We have banded on almost all nights that weren't > raining or had very strong winds from the south for this fall. Migration > this year has far fewer birds than last year when we got banding records > for 102 birds (including foreign recaptures). > This year we have gotten 38 different birds, including one foreign > recapture from Sullivan County that migrated northwest. This year has > very few Hatch Year birds, less than 20%, which is similar for other > banding stations for eastern North America. Generally, we have had very > few Second Year birds as an echo from last years abundance of HY birds. > Except last night, we (Bob McGuire, Maddie Ulinski, Abigail Gepner, > Karen and I ) caught 12 birds, of which 6 were SY birds, as many as we > have had previously all year. Last year the ratio of HY birds to older > birds was about 6 to 1 and this year it is less than 1 to 6. Great fun > banding, but a strong indication of very low reproductive success this > past breeding season. > > Listen for those little owls passing us by during the night. > > Cheers, > John Confer > > > -- > > 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/ > <confer.vcf> -- 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/ --
