Jim, >From an Eastern perspective, I¹m curious (ok really interested!) to know the call Varied Thrush use at night, and/or how you¹re identifying them?
I also add a hearty thanks to everyone sharing their experience of flight calls to the list, especially if/when supported with clips etc. It¹s always enlightening! Thanks, Gerard Eastern Ontario On 10/6/11 9:00 PM, "Jim Danzenbaker" <jdanzenba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nocturnal flight enthusiasts, > > I live in Battle Ground, Washington which is 20 miles due north of Portland, > Oregon. I've been listening for about 6 years - mostly Swainson's Thrushes > which can number in the thousands on some nights in September. I was > listening from 5:45-7 this morning and had a good variety although not many > individuals: > > Varied Thrush 21* > Hermit Thrush 1 > Swainson's Thrush 3 > Zonotrichia 1 > Song Sparrow 1 > Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 > misc chips 8 > > * this is only the third time I've heard nocturnal migrant Varied Thrushes and > only single birds on the other two occasions. > > Conditions were overcast with calm winds which was a big change from the south > winds and rainy conditions of the last several nights. > > Jim -- 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/ --
