Re: FW: [nfc-l] Migration Tonight (9/23-9/24)

2013-09-24 Thread Laura C. Gooch 
Last night (9/23-24) was fairly active here on the east side of 
Cleveland, too. I had about 550 sparrow/warbler frequency calls. The 
night before was even more active, with about 900 calls in the upper 
frequencies. I'm not checking thrushes at the moment, because it is too 
labor-intensive to pick them out of the traffic noise, but I did notice 
/very/ dense thrush calls in the early morning of the 23rd.

Laura Gooch
Cleveland Heights, OH
http://listeningup.wordpress.com/summary-of-night-flight-calls-detected/

On 9/24/2013 7:05 PM, Rob Fergus wrote:
> I had over 600 calls detected with the Tseep-X and Thrush-X detectors 
> last night, which means probably close to 1000 calls on the recording 
> if I go through it manually.  Most thrushes were Swainson's and a few 
> Gray-cheeked.  Lots of warbler calls to go through still.  At least 
> one Black-billed Cuckoo.  I was listening to the recording live in 
> progress, and heard gulls about midnight.  I've got way more calls to 
> go through than I can easily do tonight :-)
>
> Rob Fergus
> Hunterdon County, NJ
> http://birdchaser.blogspot.com
>
>
> 
> From: di...@semi-local.com
> Subject: [nfc-l] Migration Tonight (9/23-9/24)
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:36:42 -0400
> To: nf...@list.cornell.edu
>
> I recorded last night for only 30 minutes in Calvert County, Maryland, 
> from 0610 to 0640 hrs. I had waves of call notes, sometimes 1 to 2 per 
> second.
>
> I'm a total beginner at this (fascinating!) endeavor and haven't had 
> time yet to study the file given my limited knowledge base. But I 
> could ID that most were Swainson's Thrushes and seemed like quite a 
> few Gray-cheeked Thrushes sometimes in groups ... and I'm working on 
> the others...
>
> Unfortunately because of the wind direction, last night's recording 
> was polluted with distant bridge road noise. I'm recording off a boat, 
> which normally gives me excellent conditions: no noise pollution, no 
> trees, and sound reflecting off the flat water.
>
> Tomorrow night we'll move to a more remote, quieter, location and I 
> have high hopes for another push of migrants there!
>
> Diana Doyle
>
> -
>
> Last night there was a nice push of migrants southward, with the 
> majority being a good mix of warblers, plus Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 
> Swainson's Thrushes and a number of Gray-cheeked Thrushes.
>
> The weather forecast looks good for another night of southbound migrants.
>
> If you are in the Eastern portion of the US and Canada, have a listen 
> if you can.
>
> Good birding!
>
> Sincerely,
> Chris T-H
>
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FW: [nfc-l] Migration Tonight (9/23-9/24)

2013-09-24 Thread Rob Fergus 
I had over 600 calls detected with the Tseep-X and Thrush-X detectors last 
night, which means probably close to 1000 calls on the recording if I go 
through it manually.  Most thrushes were Swainson's and a few Gray-cheeked.  
Lots of warbler calls to go through still.  At least one Black-billed Cuckoo.  
I was listening to the recording live in progress, and heard gulls about 
midnight.  I've got way more calls to go through than I can easily do tonight 
:-)

Rob FergusHunterdon County, NJhttp://birdchaser.blogspot.com

From: di...@semi-local.com
Subject: [nfc-l] Migration Tonight (9/23-9/24)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:36:42 -0400
To: nf...@list.cornell.edu



I recorded last night for only 30 minutes in Calvert County, Maryland, from 
0610 to 0640 hrs. I had waves of call notes, sometimes 1 to 2 per second.
I'm a total beginner at this (fascinating!) endeavor and haven't had time yet 
to study the file given my limited knowledge base. But I could ID that most 
were Swainson's Thrushes and seemed like quite a few Gray-cheeked Thrushes 
sometimes in groups ... and I'm working on the others...
Unfortunately because of the wind direction, last night's recording was 
polluted with distant bridge road noise. I'm recording off a boat, which 
normally gives me excellent conditions: no noise pollution, no trees, and sound 
reflecting off the flat water.
Tomorrow night we'll move to a more remote, quieter, location and I have high 
hopes for another push of migrants there!
Diana Doyle
-

Last night there was a nice push of migrants southward, with the majority being 
a good mix of warblers, plus Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Swainson's Thrushes and a 
number of Gray-cheeked Thrushes.



The weather forecast looks good for another night of southbound migrants.



If you are in the Eastern portion of the US and Canada, have a listen if you 
can.



Good birding!



Sincerely,
Chris T-H







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[nfc-l] Migration Tonight (9/23-9/24)

2013-09-24 Thread Diana Doyle 
I recorded last night for only 30 minutes in Calvert County, Maryland, from 
0610 to 0640 hrs. I had waves of call notes, sometimes 1 to 2 per second.

I'm a total beginner at this (fascinating!) endeavor and haven't had time yet 
to study the file given my limited knowledge base. But I could ID that most 
were Swainson's Thrushes and seemed like quite a few Gray-cheeked Thrushes 
sometimes in groups ... and I'm working on the others...

Unfortunately because of the wind direction, last night's recording was 
polluted with distant bridge road noise. I'm recording off a boat, which 
normally gives me excellent conditions: no noise pollution, no trees, and sound 
reflecting off the flat water.

Tomorrow night we'll move to a more remote, quieter, location and I have high 
hopes for another push of migrants there!

Diana Doyle

-

Last night there was a nice push of migrants southward, with the majority being 
a good mix of warblers, plus Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Swainson's Thrushes and a 
number of Gray-cheeked Thrushes.

The weather forecast looks good for another night of southbound migrants.

If you are in the Eastern portion of the US and Canada, have a listen if you 
can.

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H



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[nfc-l] Migration 9/23-9/24 - HF Gray-cheeks

2013-09-24 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
Last night was an enjoyable night. Quite active for Gray-cheeked-type thrushes 
(i.e. there were multiple nice HF candidates in there).

The thrush descent was quite extensive, starting around 5:51am and lasting 
until about 6:15am. The peak was from about 6:06am to 6:15pm. Bulk of the 
vocally actively descending thrushes were Swainson's Thrushes, with a mere 
handful of Gray-cheeked Thrushes toward the beginning.

Several warblers and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were migrating throughout the 
night, although I didn't take a close look at the warblers (a few Ovenbirds, 
though). A single White-throated Sparrow and a White-crowned Sparrow 
(candidate) were noted.

I've attached the best of the HF Gray-cheeked Thrushes to this message. None of 
these are perfect for Bicknell's, but interesting non-the-less.

Here in Etna, NY (located about 180 miles, as the Bicknell's flies, to the SW 
of Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondack Mountains) we had NE winds to start the 
night, calming and then becoming East winds for the remainder of the night.

Are there any listeners or night recordists immediately due South or Southeast 
of Bicknell's Thrush breeding ranges? Just curious to know if there are other 
really good examples out there to compare with.

Thanks and good night listening!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


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