Think it is a good year for fireflies!. Jerseybirds had a post of a great
display last week down in NJ. I also had one of the best displays in years in
my yard in McGraw.
Tom Fernandes
McGraw.NY
From: Linda Orkin
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:28 AM
To: Mike Pitzrick
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS- L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Not birds-but FIREFLIES tonight
Thanks Mike and Dave. Mike, that chart is very illuminating. I had no idea
there were that many species. Amber seems a good way to describe what I saw as
red. It seems a monumental brain task to sort out all the flashing going on
but just having these different parameters in mind would help you to see
better.
Linda
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:23 AM, Mike Pitzrick <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Linda,
In order for a Doppler shift to noticeably change the color of light that
much, the firefly would have to be traveling thousands of miles an hour! It
may be that what you are seeing are multiple species of firefly.
The Museum of Science in Boston has published some web pages with information
about how to identify fireflies using their flash color and pattern.
Types Of Fireflies
Flash Chart
Virtual Habitat (interactive tool to help you learn to identify firefly
flashes)
These web pages are part of a citizen science project called Firefly Watch,
which is designed to find out more about the distribution of the various
firefly species.
-Mike
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Linda Orkin <[email protected]> wrote:
Does anyone else notice that some of the flashes look like different
colors. Reds and greens. Is this just like a Doppler shift type thing or are
they really like that?
Linda
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