Saturday night (5/31) was a fairly decent night, but with low species diversity, consisting primarily of a cleanup flight of Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrushes of about equal numbers – perhaps 40-50 of each.
There were at least 14 Black-billed Cuckoo calls from at least 10 individuals. Two (2) Yellow-billed Cuckoos also called (one at 00:50 and another at 03:18). Biggest surprise was an apparent distant BARN OWL which called three times early Sunday morning (6/1) between 00:08 and 00:09. Barn Owl clips are attached. Sunday night (6/1) was very quiet, probably due to the breezy winds out of the South. There was either minimal migration or birds simply were not calling. The only birds calling as night migrants last night were a single Black-billed Cuckoo, a single Yellow-billed Cuckoo, one Alder Flycatcher and a pre-dawn Ovenbird in song. Good night listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H [see attached file: ETNA_NY_20140601.000825_BARN OWL_Distant 1.wav] [see attached file: ETNA_NY_20140601.000926_BARN OWL_Distant 2.wav] [see attached file: ETNA_NY_20140601.000926_BARN OWL_Distant 3.wav] -- 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: 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/nfc-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
ETNA_NY_20140601.000825_BARN OWL_Distant 1.wav
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ETNA_NY_20140601.000926_BARN OWL_Distant 2.wav
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ETNA_NY_20140601.000926_BARN OWL_Distant 3.wav
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