Just spent over an hour listening to night flight calls in my front yard (Ithaca, NY). Definitely my best spring night ever, with wave after wave of thrushes (mostly Swainson’s but many Gray-cheeked, and several high-pitched enough to be Bicknell's), both cuckoos, Alder Flycatcher, and flocks of shorebirds — calling and singing Dunlin, Spotted Sandpipers, Black-bellied Plovers, possible Whimbrel, and some weird calls we couldn’t identify. Jay McGowan was listening (and recording) from his nearby yard as well.
Still lots of calls after midnight, as light rain started, so if you’re a night owl, get out there and listen! KEN Kenneth V. Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology Office: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
