Got up at 5 am and listened for night calls, particularly thrushes, and found a decent flight, especially as they descended between 540 am and 555 am. During this time there were so many thrushes coming down that it was hard to count so I just estimated my numbers. Many times it was hard to tell if it was the same bird calling more than once. I did have 3 separate GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES at different times all very low. One was right over the house and sounded like it circled. As expected most thrushes were SWAINSON'S and I estimated about 60.
VEERY was about 20 and WOOD THRUSH about 10 or so. By 600 am I think it was mostly over but it was hard to tell from increased traffic. Radar still showed some echoes so it could have continued further. Good birding to all. Dave Nicosia -- 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/ --
