RE: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[John Kearney]

Hi Bryan, 

Thanks very much for continuing this discussion. I very much appreciate the 
opportunity to share some thoughts with a meteorologist. 

Unfortunately, yes, Windy.com has no archives. I am studying coastal migration 
patterns using acoustic monitoring. Generally, I have not completed data 
processing until well after migration events.

I think upper-air data from nearby stations, such as Yarmouth, may be an 
alternative approach to viewing wind speed and direction at different 
altitudes, but it lacks the composite perspective.

John

 

From: bounce-3195971-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Bryan Guarente
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2020 11:26
To: Night Flight Call Discussions 
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

 

John (and others),

For the easternmost third of North America, 850hPa can be too high, that's 
true.  Looking at a level like 950 or 925hPa would be really useful for you in 
Nova Scotia (or any coastal location).  Yet this isn't available on 
earth.nullschool.net <http://earth.nullschool.net> . If you wanted to see the 
different levels of winds between 1000hPa and 850hPa, you could go to windy.com 
<https://www.windy.com/-Cloud-base-cbase?950h,cbase,44.719,-63.812,6> .  Here 
you can adjust vertical levels with a little more granularity AND you can also 
turn on cloud bases which would be helpful for NFC predictions (lower cloud 
bases = better probability of hearing calls).  You cannot, however, go 
backwards in time (as far as I know) to see previous dates that were of 
interest to you.

 

Overall, the forecasted winds from computer models can be useful for prediction 
of migration changes as well as when concentrations of birds will be higher in 
a given area or not.  What Chris had the other day 
<https://earth.nullschool.net/#2020/09/18/0300Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-77.30,42.81,960/loc=-76.383,42.485>
  was a great example of the winds coming from an appropriate origin, a large 
scale convergence pattern for his area, and likely lower cloud bases with the 
passage of the weak cold front. The speed of the front helped as well, making 
the event last longer over his area as birds were likely piled up at the 
frontal boundary itself since the wind shift on the opposite side of the front 
was not conducive for migrants.  

 

Thanks,

Bryan

 

Bryan Guarente

Meteorologist/Instructional Designer

UCAR/The COMET Program

Boulder, CO

 

 

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 11:26 AM John Kearney mailto:john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote:

I have often used the earth.nullschool streams to understand bird migration 
movements. However, here in coastal Nova Scotia many birds, mainly passerines, 
fly well above 1000 hpa and well below 850 hpa altitudes (the choices available 
in nullschool streams). The HYSPLIT models often provide more insight into 
passerine and small passerine movements at these intermediate altitudes between 
100 and 1500 meters. I have only analyzed past events and never tried 
forecasting.

John Kearney

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

 

From: bounce-3195061-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu 
<mailto:bounce-3195061-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu>  On Behalf Of Bryan 
Guarente
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2020 20:56
To: Night Flight Call Discussions mailto:nfc-l@mm.list.cornell.edu> >
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

 

Lee and others,

I didn't see this at the time because it unfortunately went to spam.  

 

The website earth.nullschool.net <http://earth.nullschool.net>  is available 
for anyone to use and gives computer modeled streamlines that can help with 
predicting migration patterns.  It is best to look at the 850hPa (mb) level 
when looking for migrational movements away from taller topography.  There is a 
lot more to it than that, but Chris's example was a really good one to use.  On 
that website, you have the ability to go back in time to Dec 31 of 2013, so 
feel free to time travel to look at your "best days" and see what the weather 
was like.  Also, you can move forward  in time approximately 4 days.  All of 
the controls for this site are in the "Earth" button in the bottom left corner. 
 

 

Caveat: This website uses computer model data and computer models can be quite 
wrong, especially the further forward in time you travel.  So take the forecast 
maps with a large grain of salt.  The maps from the past are also from this 
same computer model, so there are still errors, but they are smaller errors 
than the forecasts have in them.  

 

Sorry for the delayed response.  

Bryan




Bryan Guarente

Meteorologist/Instructional Designer

UCAR/The COMET Program

Boulder, CO

 

 

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 6:01 AM Lee Simpson mailto:flutteri...@yahoo.com> > wrote:

This is a great map. Is this something we can access? I have looked at the NOAA 
aviation wind/streamlines maps but they are nothing like this

Thanks 

Lee Simpson 

 

On Friday, September 18, 20

Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[Andrew Horn]

Hi all,

Another site that offers some of this info, in a user-friendly way ,and as an 
app for iOS or Android, is https://www.ventusky.com/.

Thanks for all the cool discussion,
Andy Horn
Halifax, Nova Scotia



On Oct 4, 2020, at 11:26 AM, Bryan Guarente 
mailto:bryan.guare...@gmail.com>> wrote:

John (and others),
For the easternmost third of North America, 850hPa can be too high, that's 
true.  Looking at a level like 950 or 925hPa would be really useful for you in 
Nova Scotia (or any coastal location).  Yet this isn't available on 
earth.nullschool.net<http://earth.nullschool.net/>. If you wanted to see the 
different levels of winds between 1000hPa and 850hPa, you could go to 
windy.com<https://www.windy.com/-Cloud-base-cbase?950h,cbase,44.719,-63.812,6>. 
 Here you can adjust vertical levels with a little more granularity AND you can 
also turn on cloud bases which would be helpful for NFC predictions (lower 
cloud bases = better probability of hearing calls).  You cannot, however, go 
backwards in time (as far as I know) to see previous dates that were of 
interest to you.

Overall, the forecasted winds from computer models can be useful for prediction 
of migration changes as well as when concentrations of birds will be higher in 
a given area or not.  What Chris had the other 
day<https://earth.nullschool.net/#2020/09/18/0300Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-77.30,42.81,960/loc=-76.383,42.485>
 was a great example of the winds coming from an appropriate origin, a large 
scale convergence pattern for his area, and likely lower cloud bases with the 
passage of the weak cold front. The speed of the front helped as well, making 
the event last longer over his area as birds were likely piled up at the 
frontal boundary itself since the wind shift on the opposite side of the front 
was not conducive for migrants.

Thanks,
Bryan

Bryan Guarente
Meteorologist/Instructional Designer
UCAR/The COMET Program
Boulder, CO


On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 11:26 AM John Kearney 
mailto:john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca>> wrote:
I have often used the earth.nullschool streams to understand bird migration 
movements. However, here in coastal Nova Scotia many birds, mainly passerines, 
fly well above 1000 hpa and well below 850 hpa altitudes (the choices available 
in nullschool streams). The HYSPLIT models often provide more insight into 
passerine and small passerine movements at these intermediate altitudes between 
100 and 1500 meters. I have only analyzed past events and never tried 
forecasting.
John Kearney
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

From: 
bounce-3195061-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-3195061-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu>
 On Behalf Of Bryan Guarente
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2020 20:56
To: Night Flight Call Discussions 
mailto:nfc-l@mm.list.cornell.edu>>
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

Lee and others,
I didn't see this at the time because it unfortunately went to spam.

The website earth.nullschool.net<http://earth.nullschool.net/> is available for 
anyone to use and gives computer modeled streamlines that can help with 
predicting migration patterns.  It is best to look at the 850hPa (mb) level 
when looking for migrational movements away from taller topography.  There is a 
lot more to it than that, but Chris's example was a really good one to use.  On 
that website, you have the ability to go back in time to Dec 31 of 2013, so 
feel free to time travel to look at your "best days" and see what the weather 
was like.  Also, you can move forward  in time approximately 4 days.  All of 
the controls for this site are in the "Earth" button in the bottom left corner.

Caveat: This website uses computer model data and computer models can be quite 
wrong, especially the further forward in time you travel.  So take the forecast 
maps with a large grain of salt.  The maps from the past are also from this 
same computer model, so there are still errors, but they are smaller errors 
than the forecasts have in them.

Sorry for the delayed response.
Bryan

Bryan Guarente
Meteorologist/Instructional Designer
UCAR/The COMET Program
Boulder, CO


On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 6:01 AM Lee Simpson 
mailto:flutteri...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
This is a great map. Is this something we can access? I have looked at the NOAA 
aviation wind/streamlines maps but they are nothing like this
Thanks
Lee Simpson

On Friday, September 18, 2020, 01:36:07 AM EDT, Bryan Guarente 
mailto: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 

Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[Bryan Guarente]

John (and others),
For the easternmost third of North America, 850hPa can be too high, that's
true.  Looking at a level like 950 or 925hPa would be really useful for you
in Nova Scotia (or any coastal location).  Yet this isn't available on
earth.nullschool.net. If you wanted to see the different levels of winds
between 1000hPa and 850hPa, you could go to windy.com
<https://www.windy.com/-Cloud-base-cbase?950h,cbase,44.719,-63.812,6>.
Here you can adjust vertical levels with a little more granularity AND you
can also turn on cloud bases which would be helpful for NFC predictions
(lower cloud bases = better probability of hearing calls).  You cannot,
however, go backwards in time (as far as I know) to see previous dates that
were of interest to you.

Overall, the forecasted winds from computer models can be useful for
prediction of migration changes as well as when concentrations of birds
will be higher in a given area or not.  What Chris had the other day
<https://earth.nullschool.net/#2020/09/18/0300Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-77.30,42.81,960/loc=-76.383,42.485>
was
a great example of the winds coming from an appropriate origin, a large
scale convergence pattern for his area, and likely lower cloud bases with
the passage of the weak cold front. The speed of the front helped as well,
making the event last longer over his area as birds were likely piled up at
the frontal boundary itself since the wind shift on the opposite side of
the front was not conducive for migrants.

Thanks,
Bryan

Bryan Guarente
Meteorologist/Instructional Designer
UCAR/The COMET Program
Boulder, CO


On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 11:26 AM John Kearney 
wrote:

> I have often used the earth.nullschool streams to understand bird
> migration movements. However, here in coastal Nova Scotia many birds,
> mainly passerines, fly well above 1000 hpa and well below 850 hpa altitudes
> (the choices available in nullschool streams). The HYSPLIT models often
> provide more insight into passerine and small passerine movements at these
> intermediate altitudes between 100 and 1500 meters. I have only analyzed
> past events and never tried forecasting.
>
> John Kearney
>
> Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
>
>
>
> *From:* bounce-3195061-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu *On Behalf Of *Bryan
> Guarente
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 01, 2020 20:56
> *To:* Night Flight Call Discussions 
> *Subject:* Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY
>
>
>
> Lee and others,
>
> I didn't see this at the time because it unfortunately went to spam.
>
>
>
> The website earth.nullschool.net is available for anyone to use and gives
> computer modeled streamlines that can help with predicting migration
> patterns.  It is best to look at the 850hPa (mb) level when looking for
> migrational movements away from taller topography.  There is a lot more to
> it than that, but Chris's example was a really good one to use.  On that
> website, you have the ability to go back in time to Dec 31 of 2013, so feel
> free to time travel to look at your "best days" and see what the weather
> was like.  Also, you can move forward  in time approximately 4 days.  All
> of the controls for this site are in the "Earth" button in the bottom left
> corner.
>
>
>
> Caveat: This website uses computer model data and computer models can be
> quite wrong, especially the further forward in time you travel.  So take
> the forecast maps with a large grain of salt.  The maps from the past are
> also from this same computer model, so there are still errors, but they are
> smaller errors than the forecasts have in them.
>
>
>
> Sorry for the delayed response.
>
> Bryan
>
>
> Bryan Guarente
>
> Meteorologist/Instructional Designer
>
> UCAR/The COMET Program
>
> Boulder, CO
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 6:01 AM Lee Simpson  wrote:
>
> This is a great map. Is this something we can access? I have looked at the
> NOAA aviation wind/streamlines maps but they are nothing like this
>
> Thanks
>
> Lee Simpson
>
>
>
> On Friday, September 18, 2020, 01:36:07 AM EDT, 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

RE: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[John Kearney]

I have often used the earth.nullschool streams to understand bird migration 
movements. However, here in coastal Nova Scotia many birds, mainly passerines, 
fly well above 1000 hpa and well below 850 hpa altitudes (the choices available 
in nullschool streams). The HYSPLIT models often provide more insight into 
passerine and small passerine movements at these intermediate altitudes between 
100 and 1500 meters. I have only analyzed past events and never tried 
forecasting.

John Kearney

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

 

From: bounce-3195061-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Bryan Guarente
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2020 20:56
To: Night Flight Call Discussions 
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

 

Lee and others,

I didn't see this at the time because it unfortunately went to spam.  

 

The website earth.nullschool.net <http://earth.nullschool.net>  is available 
for anyone to use and gives computer modeled streamlines that can help with 
predicting migration patterns.  It is best to look at the 850hPa (mb) level 
when looking for migrational movements away from taller topography.  There is a 
lot more to it than that, but Chris's example was a really good one to use.  On 
that website, you have the ability to go back in time to Dec 31 of 2013, so 
feel free to time travel to look at your "best days" and see what the weather 
was like.  Also, you can move forward  in time approximately 4 days.  All of 
the controls for this site are in the "Earth" button in the bottom left corner. 
 

 

Caveat: This website uses computer model data and computer models can be quite 
wrong, especially the further forward in time you travel.  So take the forecast 
maps with a large grain of salt.  The maps from the past are also from this 
same computer model, so there are still errors, but they are smaller errors 
than the forecasts have in them.  

 

Sorry for the delayed response.  

Bryan




Bryan Guarente

Meteorologist/Instructional Designer

UCAR/The COMET Program

Boulder, CO

 

 

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 6:01 AM Lee Simpson mailto:flutteri...@yahoo.com> > wrote:

This is a great map. Is this something we can access? I have looked at the NOAA 
aviation wind/streamlines maps but they are nothing like this

Thanks 

Lee Simpson 

 

On Friday, September 18, 2020, 01:36:07 AM EDT, Bryan Guarente 
mailto: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 
mailto: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





 





 

 

 






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Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[Bryan Guarente]

Lee and others,
I didn't see this at the time because it unfortunately went to spam.

The website earth.nullschool.net is available for anyone to use and gives
computer modeled streamlines that can help with predicting migration
patterns.  It is best to look at the 850hPa (mb) level when looking for
migrational movements away from taller topography.  There is a lot more to
it than that, but Chris's example was a really good one to use.  On that
website, you have the ability to go back in time to Dec 31 of 2013, so feel
free to time travel to look at your "best days" and see what the weather
was like.  Also, you can move forward  in time approximately 4 days.  All
of the controls for this site are in the "Earth" button in the bottom left
corner.

Caveat: This website uses computer model data and computer models can be
quite wrong, especially the further forward in time you travel.  So take
the forecast maps with a large grain of salt.  The maps from the past are
also from this same computer model, so there are still errors, but they are
smaller errors than the forecasts have in them.

Sorry for the delayed response.
Bryan

Bryan Guarente
Meteorologist/Instructional Designer
UCAR/The COMET Program
Boulder, CO


On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 6:01 AM Lee Simpson  wrote:

> This is a great map. Is this something we can access? I have looked at the
> NOAA aviation wind/streamlines maps but they are nothing like this
> Thanks
> Lee Simpson
>
> On Friday, September 18, 2020, 01:36:07 AM EDT, 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
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Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[Lee Simpson]

 This is a great map. Is this something we can access? I have looked at the 
NOAA aviation wind/streamlines maps but they are nothing like thisThanks Lee 
Simpson 
On Friday, September 18, 2020, 01:36:07 AM EDT, Bryan Guarente 
 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 GuarenteMeteorologist/Instructional DesignerThe COMET ProgramBoulder, CO

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 11:21 PM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
 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,

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Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[Larry Clarfeld]

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 
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
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Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[Kenneth V. Rosenberg]

Hi Chris et al.,

I was also out listening in Ithaca continuously from about 10:30 to 12:30 
tonight, and I agree it was a fantastic night – still going on, but I’m not. It 
is true that there calls nearly every second for several hours.  I just listen 
and count in real time, assigning the birds I think I know, and putting the 
rest as warbler sp. or passerine sp.  In this period, I counted > 1,000 calls 
of 15 species, the vast majority SWTH and without differentiating any warblers 
other than Common Yellowthroat. I’m sure if I was amplifying or recording, I 
would have thousands more calls, as Chris did.

My highlights were a flock of Caspian Terns calling together, an American 
Bittern, good numbers of Gray-cheeked and several early Hermit Thrush, and a 
totally unexpected BARN OWL that called 4 times as it headed north over my 
neighborhood – I got a pretty good recording on one call on my phone, which 
I’ll upload eventually.

Fun stuff!

KEN

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Applied Conservation Scientist
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
American Bird Conservancy
Fellow, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
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From:  on behalf of "Christopher 
T. Tessaglia-Hymes" 
Reply-To: NFC-L 
Date: Friday, September 18, 2020 at 1:21 AM
To: NFC-L , "n...@list.uvm.edu" 
Subject: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

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

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Re: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[Bryan Guarente]

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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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[nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

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



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