Thanks Caitlin
I realised after I posted that MAGW actually isn't Magnolia Warbler at all, it's MacGillivray's! Just goes to show how confusing they are if you are not familiar with them. Looking forward to the autumn night-time migration on this side of the Atlantic, not long now. I'll be sure to post any hearings on here. Cheers Mike _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of caitlin Sent: 26 August 2009 22:37 To: 'Mike Feely'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [nfc-l] Request from the UK Mike-MOWA is Mourning Warbler. A lovely little bird. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Warbler/lifehistory Here's a link to our 4 letter codes, in case we forget http://www.birdpop.org/AlphaCodes.htm Best to you across the pond, and happy birding! Caitlin Caitlin Coberly, Ph.D Principal Ecologist Merlin Environmental Office 701-468-5996 Cell 701-720-4760 [email protected] www.merlinenv.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Feely Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [nfc-l] Request from the UK Hello all Could I please make a request? Whilst I appreciate that the vast majority of members of this group are based in North America, I am sure that I am not the only person subscribed who is not from that region. To that end, can I please ask that at least for the first time that a species is mentioned, its full name is given? I can work out that MAGW is Magnolia Warbler and VEER is Veery but it took a lot of head scratching to figure out what BAOR and SWTH are (Baltimore Oriole & Swainsons Thrush presumably), and I still have no idea what MOWA is beyond that it must be a Warbler of some description. This aside, I think that this is a very interesting group and I look forward to reading more about night time "invismig" on the other side of the Atlantic and hope that it's scope is broadened to include European "observations" in the future - our Thrushes will be coming through within the next month or so and the night-time skies will be full of the "seeps" of Redwings and (European) Blackbirds. Most night-time sounds here at the moment here are of wader species (shorebirds), although where I am, I have yet to hear any so far this season. Many thanks Mike Feely Nottinghamshire UK _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Lanzone Sent: 26 August 2009 05:44 To: Michael O'Brien Cc: Ted Floyd; [email protected] Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Nocturnal migration, Boulder County, Colorado, Aug. 23-25 Hi all, I recorded one MAGW on the Mogollon Rim with Andrew Farnsworth 3 or 4 years back and then again recorded several in Oregon last year. Beleive me, not an easy bird to get good flight calls from! I will dig through the pile of calls and post some. It is MOWA like, but less rising and not as modulated. Andrew and I also completed getting a lot of other western warbler calls, we published spectrograms in the latest Auk, we will see about getting some of them together since there is some interest in them :) Was out listening for awhile tonight in at Powdermill , not much even though a lot of activity in the late evening. Some light warbler movement, also VEERs, RBGRs, BAORs, some SWTHs too... Best, Mike Michael Lanzone Biotechnology and Biomonitoring Lab Supervisor Carnegie Museum of Natural History Powdermill Avian Research Center 1847 Route 381 Rector, PA 15677 724.593.5521 Office [email protected] On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Michael O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote: Ted, et al, Re MacGillivray's, I don't have any recordings but I have heard them give a husky "seet" much like that from Mourning Warbler. best wishes, Michael O'Brien ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Floyd" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:18:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [nfc-l] Nocturnal migration, Boulder County, Colorado, Aug. 23-25 Hello, all. 1. With light north-northeast winds and decent cloud cover, the pre-dawn night flight earlier today, Tuesday, Aug. 25th, over Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, was the best thus far this season. (There's something special about the exact date of Aug. 25th here in Boulder County.) Anyhow, details at http://tiny.cc/r13NJ 2. Detectable nocturnal migration over Boulder County was light Aug. 23rd and 24th. Basically, just the core species for this time of year: Wilson's Warbler, presumed Brewer's Sparrow, and dwindling numbers of Chipping Sparrows. And a cool Red-breasted Nuthatch. Details: http://tiny.cc/ojbox 3. Just out of curiosity, anybody got good, credible flight calls of MacGillivray's Warbler? That one has me somewhat flummoxed, I haveta say. 4. Recent postings from Jay Withgott and Jim Danzenbaker. Great stuff! And, now, for a brief proclamation from my soapbox. I assume that with nocturnal flight calls, as with seemingly all other matters ornithological, we shouldn't think of the phenomenon in simple "East-vs.-West" terms. Our continent has a fundamental three-part division, at least ornithologically speaking: (1) East and North; (2) Interior West; and (3) Pacific Slope. Not that anyone around here has been guilty of declaring otherwise! But I figured I'd nip it in the bud, just in case. All best, Ted Floyd (still waiting for just a single, stinkin' Catharus thrush...) ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding ------------------------------- Please support the American Birding Association: Click on http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=884482 to search the internet. Check out the American Birding Association on FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22934255714 Check out the American Birding Association on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abaoutreach Please visit the website of the American Birding Association: http://www.aba.org -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html -- -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html --
