I'm not in crack shape right now, but I spent a few stops listing here in Madison, Wisconsin. We had a major flight last night. The bulk of the birds were Swainson's Thrushes, followed by Hermit Thrushes, with a few Grey-cheeks in there too. The rest of were not my expertise (that is, nothing exceptionally distinctive other than a few Indigo Buntings - no herons, cuckoos, rails, etc). I stopped several times over an hour period and had probably 8-10 birds per minute each stop. This was between 1200 and 0100 this morning. I just wish I hadn't had to go to bed!
Jesse Ellis Madison, WI On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Benjamin Van Doren <[email protected]>wrote: > I too was out last night until about 2 am in Ithaca. Very similar species > composition to Chris, plus a Gray-cheeked Thrush, Wood Thrush, Scarlet > Tanager and a couple other things (and minus Mourning Warbler). Braved the > 45-degree temps in a sweatshirt, but totally worth it! > > Benjamin Van Doren > Ithaca, NY > > On Sep 10, 2012, at 4:39 PM, "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Another heads-up…**** > > ** ** > > Tonight looks very good for a night migration. Should see a good push of > birds down from southern Canada into the US. How this plays out depends > upon where listening stations are relative to the high pressure system > moving across the Northeast. For example, regions west of Rochester, NY may > not see significant movement after midnight, while areas east of Rochester, > NY may see continuous movement all night.**** > > ** ** > > Last night, while listening and watching the spectrogram scrolling live > from Etna, NY from about 9pm to 2pm, Gerard Phillips, Jay McGowan and I > heard the following, plus some:**** > > ** ** > > Common Yellowthroats**** > > Ovenbirds**** > > Mourning Warblers (sounds like a “Bobolink of the warblers”)**** > > Black-throated Blue Warblers**** > > Chestnut-sided Warbler**** > > Magnolia Warbler-types**** > > Lots of Bay-breasted Warblers**** > > Rose-breasted Grosbeaks**** > > Hermit Thrush (1-2)**** > > Veeries**** > > Swainson’s Thrushes**** > > Bobolinks**** > > Lots of Green Herons > Chipping Sparrow**** > > double-banded upsweeps**** > > downsweeps**** > > seeps**** > > other zeeps**** > > and our local Coyotes**** > > ** ** > > Good luck listening, tonight!**** > > ** ** > > Sincerely, > Chris T-H**** > > ** ** > > --**** > > Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes**** > > Field Applications Engineer**** > > Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology**** > > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850**** > > W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132**** > > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > -- > *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:* > 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/> > !* > -- > -- Jesse Ellis Post-doctoral Researcher Dept. of Zoology University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, Dane Co, WI -- 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/ --
