They're still going at it right now (ca. 3:45 a.m., Wednesday morning, Sept. 11th) over Lafayette, Boulder County. Low cloud ceiling, winds out of the northeast, light rain. I'm hearing some Vesper Sparrows, I believe, and there was a Swainson's Thrush a little while ago.
Ted Floyd [email protected] Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado > Went out for a little bit at 10pm to see what I might hear since there is > a low cloud deck (pretty hard to come by in CO overnight this time of year) > and the low-level winds are out of the "northish" direction. The scattered > showers are making things a little more concentrated I am guessing. You > can see areas on the radar imagery tonight where the precipitation is > traveling northward, while there are "non-precipitation" echoes that are > traveling another direction around the same ring of the radar. This is a > pretty good indication of biological targets (birds, bats, insects, or > other). > > Went out and heard 14 passerine sp. (seeps, tseeps, sweeps, zeeps), 4 > Chipping Sparrows, and 1 Swainson's Thrush in 15 minutes of listening. Not > bad. If you are able, go out some time tonight and listen from a quiet > area. With the low-level clouds, it makes it a lot easier to hear things > as the sound reflects off the clouds and the birds will be lower anyway > instead of flying through the clouds. > > Bryan Guarente > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8873d69b-b9f4-4a06-8223-40d705507f59%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
