Last night was an enjoyable night. Quite active for Gray-cheeked-type thrushes (i.e. there were multiple nice HF candidates in there).
The thrush descent was quite extensive, starting around 5:51am and lasting until about 6:15am. The peak was from about 6:06am to 6:15pm. Bulk of the vocally actively descending thrushes were Swainson's Thrushes, with a mere handful of Gray-cheeked Thrushes toward the beginning. Several warblers and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were migrating throughout the night, although I didn't take a close look at the warblers (a few Ovenbirds, though). A single White-throated Sparrow and a White-crowned Sparrow (candidate) were noted. I've attached the best of the HF Gray-cheeked Thrushes to this message. None of these are perfect for Bicknell's, but interesting non-the-less. Here in Etna, NY (located about 180 miles, as the Bicknell's flies, to the SW of Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondack Mountains) we had NE winds to start the night, calming and then becoming East winds for the remainder of the night. Are there any listeners or night recordists immediately due South or Southeast of Bicknell's Thrush breeding ranges? Just curious to know if there are other really good examples out there to compare with. Thanks and good night listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
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