Hi Chris, How wonderful to be listening in live!I haven't been listening continuously, but whenever I've tuned in this evening I've heard a steady stream of flight calls. I'd imagine when I get around to tallying them up, it will be in the thousands.
Happy Listening, Larry Clarfeld Essex Jct., VT On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 1:36 AM Bryan Guarente <bryan.guare...@gmail.com> wrote: > Christopher, > Based on your signature location and the current wind pattern: > > https://earth.nullschool.net/#2020/09/18/0300Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-77.30,42.81,960/loc=-76.383,42.485 > > You should be seeing this likely through the night with numbers getting > less as the night goes on but plenty of migrants. I have an article coming > out in the Fall North American Birds about why this is the case. > > For the short and sweet, looking at the right altitude for migration, the > winds are the right direction for fall migrants into your area, the origin > is quite distant from you, and there is a frontal passage at right this > time getting you some extra convergence of birds in your area. The larger > scale pattern shows that there may be better places than where you are in > terms of large scale convergence, but your pattern is pretty damn good for > migrants. > > If you have questions, ask. I am happy to talk more about this. > > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 11:21 PM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes < > c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Posted the following to the NFC Facebook group just now and thought I >> would share here: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I’ve been listening live in Etna, NY tonight since 10:30pm. This has been >> an epic migration night here and one of the more constantly vocal in recent >> memory. Literally thousands and thousands of calls. Nearly constant calls of >> >> warblers, thrushes, (and tanagers?), grosbeaks, occasional sparrows, all >> stepping upon one another. First regular groups of Gray-cheeked Thrushes >> late tonight. One Black-billed Cuckoo. >> >> Only just now was there a notable gap of some 10-20 seconds without a >> call, as a group of coyotes started yipping and whooping. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Most impressive night to be listening prior to this first calm. It will >> be interesting to try to run these data through Vesper (I am recording to >> file sequence using Raven Pro; plus recording the full night with my Swift >> recorder >> >> and Flowrabola microphone.) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Good night-listening! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> >> Chris Tessaglia-Hymes >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> *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/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> >> >> >> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> >> >> >> >> >> Birding.ABA.Org <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC> >> >> >> >> >> *Please submit your observations to eBird >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > -- > *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/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > Birding.ABA.Org <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC> > *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/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds � http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L Birding.ABA.Org � http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC Please submit your observations to eBird! ��http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
