Hi, all. Your friendly neighborhood western correspondent checking in here... The flight last night (i.e., early Monday morning, May 15th) was excellent, by our standards, here in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies. Indeed, I would say it was probably the best spring flight I have ever heard in Colorado. (Our flights in August and even late July can be better.) Anyhow, in the spring we get such a flight about once every two years, and conditions are invariably, it seems, as they were overnight: light southeast winds; a low cloud ceiling; and, most important, everything backed up the past few days with persistent rain and snow over eastern Colorado. In other words, the floodgates opened. During the 3am hour, I heard Swainson's Thrushes at 75 flights calls per hour (very high for us), a Veery (rarely detected on migration here), and a great variety of warblers and sparrows. A lot of the warbler/sparrow flight calls were unidentified, but I believe many of them were Chipping Sparrow, Brewer's Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Yellow/Blackpoll Warblers. Spotted Sandpipers were in the mix, too. Best, Ted Floyd Boulder County, Colorado
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David La Puma Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 8:08 PM To: Andrew Albright Cc: nfc-l Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Good migration conditions tonight? Without knowing the average distribution of NFC's throughout a season, my hunch is that it should be good. We're still within the "peak flight" period for NY State, which makes me think the Mid-Atlantic still has some solid nights ahead of it. I'm firing up my mic now! cheers David ________________________ David A. La Puma Postdoctoral Associate New Jersey Audubon Society 600 Route 47 North Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 Office: 609.861.1608 x33 Fax: 609.861.1651 Teaching/Research Profile: http://www.woodcreeper.com/teaching My profiles: Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/#%21/woodcreeper> Flickr <http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodcreeper> Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/woodcreeper> Contact me: Google Talk<http://images.wisestamp.com/gtalk.png> woodcreeper Skype<http://images.wisestamp.com/skype.png> David La Puma Mid-Atlantic Migration: Big flight underway... <http://www.woodcreeper.com/2011/05/12/big-flight-underway/> S.Fla. Migration: High Intensity Weather Over Florida <http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/high-intensity-weather-over-f lorida/> Twitter <http://twitter.com/woodcreeper> Latest tweet from woodcreeper: Big flight underway... http://t.co/KV5t494 #spring #migration Follow @woodcreeper <http://twitter.com/woodcreeper> <http://twitter.com/?status=@woodcreeper%20&in_reply_to_status_id=688660 35259944960&in_reply_to=woodcreeper> Reply <http://twitter.com/?status=@woodcreeper%20&in_reply_to_status_id=688660 35259944960&in_reply_to=woodcreeper> <http://twitter.com/?status=RT%20%40woodcreeper%3A%20Big%20flight%20unde rway%E2%80%A6%20http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FKV5t494%20%23spring%20%23migration> Retweet <http://twitter.com/?status=RT%20%40woodcreeper%3A%20Big%20flight%20unde rway%E2%80%A6%20http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FKV5t494%20%23spring%20%23migration> 22:31 May-12 <http://twitter.com/woodcreeper/statuses/68866035259944960> Get this email app! <http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/twitter?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=e mail&utm_term=twitter&utm_campaign=apps> Signature powered by <http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium= email&utm_campaign=footer> WiseStamp <http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium= email&utm_campaign=footer> <http://p1.wisestamp.com/pixel.png?p=mozilla&v=2.2.1&t=1305511393236&u=4 437493&e=2936> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Andrew Albright <[email protected]> wrote: Here outside of Philly (NW) the clouds have disappeared and there is actually a full moon and winds out of the south. Should there still be good possibilities for nfc's tonight or are we getting too late in the migration season? Sincerely, Andrew Albright Maple Glen, PA -- 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/[email protected]/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/ -- -- NFC-L List Info: Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html> Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> ! -- -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
