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 > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/ --
