Looks like 8M birds crossed CO last night!
https://dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-CO 8,640,3008640300Birds crossed Colorado last night (est.) High Starting: Thu, Sep 8, 2022, 7:20 PM MDT Ending: Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 6:40 AM MDT Evon Holladay On Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 6:03 AM Ted Floyd <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, all. Was out during the 4am hour this morning, Fri., Sept. 9, in > Lafayette, Boulder Co., where a decent night flight was in progress. The > weather was clearing at the time, with a low but disorganized cloud deck > and some very light drizzle giving way to mostly starlit skies. > > I don't hear the high-pitched flight calls of warblers and sparrows nearly > as well as I did ~15 years ago, when I was listening compulsively at night > in Colo., but, still, it reminded me of one of those strong flight nights > from yesteryear. I heard 4 *Swainson thrushes* for sure, amid the "tseep" > and "zeet" notes of sparrows and warblers. > > The *great horned owls*--two pairs duetting--were marvelous. > > Orthopterans: snowy tree crickets, fall field crickets, Allard ground > crickets, and presumed Carolina ground crickets and western tree crickets. > Didn't hear any this morning, but in the 8pm hour yesterday evening, > Thurs., Sept. 8: greater angle-wing katydids and Plains harvest-flies. > > Ted Floyd > Boulder Co. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGk944d9QS6PLkPHUNwNgUyE0Aki5wKt7gVkZm%2BYVvrruRFtww%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGk944d9QS6PLkPHUNwNgUyE0Aki5wKt7gVkZm%2BYVvrruRFtww%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CALKBwpOQZ8_ZYNg1dLEd_KBiPuhX0-HoNfAS8shvB5aH4pM0CA%40mail.gmail.com.
