Good morning all, There was also good calling activity in Manhattan, NYC, on the East side just north of the UN, last night - Swainson's Thrush was by far the dominant migrant, acoustically, with some periods in the middle of the night (~1-2AM) of 35-40 calls per minute. Additionally, a suite of other species were present during the course of the night, including good call counts of White-throated Sparrow, American Redstart, Indigo Bunting, Gray-cheeked and Wood Thrushes, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Swamp/Lincoln's Sparrow types, Song Sparrow, and numerous Magnolia types among an array of zeeps. Additionally, a number of Great Blue Herons and Green Herons, a Sora, and several Scarlet Tanagers. All in all, a very nice diversity of calls last night. . .
Best, Andrew On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 00:09, David La Puma <woodcree...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are a TON of birds moving tonight. As many have pointed out, that > doesn't necessarily guarantee lots of nocturnal flight calls, but if you're > somewhere that's prone to good calling (Cape May, given the excessive light > pollution plus the proximity to the ocean, appears to be one of them) you > should have your ears full tonight. > > Here's the base reflectivity from 12:00am for NJ: > http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar/nids/images/BREF1/KDIX/20090925_040013_black.png > and the velocity from the same time: > http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar/nids/images/VEL1/KDIX/20090925_040013_black.png > > heavy migration heading from NNE->SSW > > Good Listening! > > David > ____________________________________________________ > David A. La Puma, Ph.D. > Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources > > Online Teaching Portfolio: > http://www.woodcreeper.com/teaching > > Lockwood lab: > http://rci.rutgers.edu/~jlockwoo <http://rci.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlockwoo> > > Websites: > http://www.woodcreeper.com > http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com > > Photos: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodcreeper > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Thomas Greg <greg...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> To All, >> >> Just outside in Seaside Heights NJ on the boardwalk adjacent to the dunes >> and there is a reasonable number of birds calling (10-15/minute). It was >> interesting that many seemed to be calling from 30 feet or less. It is >> partly cloudy with NW winds 5 - 10 mph. >> >> Is this normal for coastal locations? >> >> Thanks, >> Thomas Greg >> Philadelphia PA >> >> > -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
