Wanted to say "NFCs detected" instead of "calls detected" in subject line but that may not be quite accurate. Last night (with southerly winds blowing for first time since middle of month), I picked up a Pine Siskin's "zreeeee" call around 1 AM and 9 minutes later recorded a possible Pine Siskin "waaaeee" call. Assume it was passing over but not sure. There has been no Pine Siskin irruption down the east coast of US this year but if one was gonna stop at my feeders on way back north, this would be the time of year I would expect one. From Evan's and O'Brien Flight Call CD, get the impression 1 AM would be little early in night to pick up a siskin passing overhead.
Likewise, around 2:28 AM, recorded an Eastern Phoebe singing. Sounds like its possibly in flight, with calls coming nearer and than moving off. Hard to tell for sure. There was an Eastern Phoebe singing from trees in my backyard around 6 PM eastern time today. Again, referencing Evans and O'Brien, not much support for Eastern Phoebe singing in flight. NFC recording sure does produce a lot of mysteries. if interested, attached the Pine Siskin "zreeeee" call and Eastern Phoebe singing recordings below. Andy Martin Gaithersburg, MD -- 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/ --
Eastern PhoebeMY(040214, 228AM).mp3
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Pine SiskinMY(040214, 1AM).mp3
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