All,
First, fantastic images! I wonder if these are thew fist images of kites during their nocturnal migration? Just a couple observations to add to the discussion. When I was doing some work with Project Puffin on Seal Island NWR, back in 2002 I think, I saw an adult Bald Eagle headed seemingly out to sea at sunset/twilight. Seal Island is about 20 miles south east of the coast of Rockland Maine. Not sure where this bird was headed, I assume Isle Au Haut. Additionally, in my couple of seasons counting hawks in Cape May, I observed on a few occasions stratospheric Northern Harriers just after first light. To me this seems indicative that they engaging in some sort of nocturnal movement. Others seen that would have been moving in the dark include the expected, Peregrines and Osprey. Jason Guerard ________________________________ From: Michael Lanzone <mlanz...@gmail.com> To: Ted Floyd <tfl...@aba.org> Cc: Magnus Robb <magnus.r...@me.com>; Michael O'Brien <tsw...@comcast.net>; Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes <c...@cornell.edu>; NFC-L <nf...@list.cornell.edu> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Night Migrating Raptors Hi All, Since we are on the discussion of night migrants raptors... one of our Golden Eagles started moving a little over an hour before sunrise in the spring last year. Our transmitters are programmed to start collecting data at sunrise, this one malfunctioned and was recording data 24 hours a day. Good thing, made us reevaluate when we should be collecting data! I often wondered if golden's moved during dark hours as we have them on our camera traps well before first light and after sunset but of course those birds did not have telemetry units on so we had no way to know if they roosted there. A golden eagle is not a species you typically expect to move during dark hours, but they apparently will. One other question that came up in the thread about night calling raptors, yes many raptor species will call throughout the night. Of the species nests I have monitored over the years I have heard Osprey, Peregrine Falcons, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, and Kestrels calling at night (in many cases in the middle of the night). Best, Mike Michael Lanzone mlanz...@gmail.com On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Ted Floyd <tfl...@aba.org> wrote: >Hi, all. > >Here's a paper with some relevance to the current discussion: > >Decandido, R., R. O. Bierregaard, Jr., M. S. Martell, and K. L. Bildstein. 2006. Evidence of nocturnal migration by Osprey (Pandionhaliaetus) in North America and Western Europe. Journal of Raptor Research 40:156–158. > > >Ted Floyd >tfl...@aba.org > >Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, USA > > > > > >________________________________ > From: bounce-41634266-9667...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-41634266-9667...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Magnus Robb >Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 1:47 AM >To: Michael O'Brien >Cc: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes; NFC-L > >Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Night Migrating Raptors > > >I have sometimes heard Peregrines while recording nocturnal migration, and I know that SergeyGashkov in Tomsk, Siberia has also recorded them. However, there is no guarantee that these Peregrines were migrating. Here in Portugal, our Peregrines are resident. I have also seen at least one from the Arctic during the non-breeding season, and F p calidus are probably regular migrants in small numbers. However, I would guess that the sounds I have heard are from local birds interacting while hunting numerous migrating Turtle Doves, with the help of streetlights or moonlight. > > >cheers, > > >Magnus > > > > > >On 2 Mar 2012, at 2:26:14, Michael O'Brien wrote: > >Chris, >> >> >>Those photos are amazing! And they brings up an interesting general question >>about nocturnal migration by raptors. How much do they move at night? In >>Cape May I see plenty of evidence of at least limited nocturnal movement. We >>regularly see American Kestrels, Sharp-shinned Hawks, and Northern Harriers >>present in numbers (sometimes already high overhead) at first light when they >> were not present the day before. Also I have seen Osprey and Peregrine head >>out in apparent migration flight over Delaware Bay well after sunset. But the >> only nocturnal flight call I have heard from a raptor was from an Osprey >>which gave acouple of "tew" calls overhead a good two hours before sunrise. >>I wonder if others have seen or heard evidence of nocturnal migration by >>raptors. >> >> >>thanks, >>Michael >> >> >>Michael O'Brien >>Victor Emanuel Nature Tours >>www.ventbird.com >> >>________________________________ >> From: "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" <c...@cornell.edu> >>To: "NFC-L" <nf...@list.cornell.edu> >>Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:01:22 PM >>Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Night Migrating Raptors >> >> >>Below is a link of a few pictures I managed to capture of a couple of the >>individuals. Unfortunately, due to our operations, I was not able to take >>time for extensive documentation. It was a very neat spectacle to have >>witnessed. Some details are at right of the album at the link, below. >> >> >>https://picasaweb.google.com/112522159565855378380/NightMigratingRaptors >> >> >>Sincerely, >>Chris T-H >>Currently at sea in the Gulf of Mexico, aboard the M/V Emily Bordelon. >> >> >> >> >> >>On Mar 1, 2012, at 4:41 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes wrote: >> >>Although these birds weren’t making vocalizations, but it has been really >>cool to witness. >>> >>>I’m on the M/V Emily Bordelon about 150 miles WNW of Tampa, FL, working on >>>recovering oceanographic research instruments. We’re conducting 24-hour >>>operations with deck lights blazing. from approximately 07:10 to 07:25 GMT >>>(02:10 to 02:25 AM EST) the deck crew and I observed at least three >>>simultaneous SWALLOW-TAILED KITES, 1 Laughing Gull, and a single OSPREY >>>approach the vessel during an extended full-stop drifts. This was at about >>>N28 26.491 by W85 27.459. I managed to get some half-decent photos of the >>>Kites as they drifted over the vessel. >>> >>>At another point, from approximately 08:40 to 09:20 GMT (02:40 to 03:20 AM >>>EST) we were visited by at least two more night migrating SWALLOW-TAILED >>>KITES. I did not obtain photos of those birds. This was at about N28 17.256 >>>by W85 32.837. >>> >>>I imagine there are several birds in migration across the Eastern Gulf of >>>Mexico at this point and we should expect to have more observations at the >>>next couple of nighttime stations. >>> >>>Good birding! >>> >>>Sincerely, >>>Chris T-H >>> >>>-- >>>Christopher T. 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