Mike-MOWA is Mourning Warbler. A lovely little bird.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Warbler/lifehistory
Here's a link to our 4 letter codes, in case we forget
http://www.birdpop.org/AlphaCodes.htm
Best to you across the pond, and happy birding!
Caitlin
Caitlin Coberly, Ph.D
Principal Ecologist
Merlin Environmental
Office 701-468-5996
Cell 701-720-4760
caitlin_cobe...@merlinenv.com
www.merlinenv.com
From: bounce-4212693-10103...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-4212693-10103...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Feely
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:26 PM
To: nfc-l@cornell.edu
Subject: [nfc-l] Request from the UK
Hello all
Could I please make a request?
Whilst I appreciate that the vast majority of members of this group are
based in North America, I am sure that I am not the only person subscribed
who is not from that region.
To that end, can I please ask that at least for the first time that a
species is mentioned, its full name is given? I can work out that MAGW is
Magnolia Warbler and VEER is Veery but it took a lot of head scratching to
figure out what BAOR and SWTH are (Baltimore Oriole & Swainsons Thrush
presumably), and I still have no idea what MOWA is beyond that it must be a
Warbler of some description.
This aside, I think that this is a very interesting group and I look forward
to reading more about night time "invismig" on the other side of the
Atlantic and hope that it's scope is broadened to include European
"observations" in the future - our Thrushes will be coming through within
the next month or so and the night-time skies will be full of the "seeps" of
Redwings and (European) Blackbirds. Most night-time sounds here at the
moment here are of wader species (shorebirds), although where I am, I have
yet to hear any so far this season.
Many thanks
Mike Feely
Nottinghamshire
UK
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From: bounce-4209175-10097...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-4209175-10097...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Michael
Lanzone
Sent: 26 August 2009 05:44
To: Michael O'Brien
Cc: Ted Floyd; nfc-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Nocturnal migration, Boulder County, Colorado, Aug.
23-25
Hi all,
I recorded one MAGW on the Mogollon Rim with Andrew Farnsworth 3 or 4 years
back and then again recorded several in Oregon last year. Beleive me, not an
easy bird to get good flight calls from! I will dig through the pile of
calls and post some. It is MOWA like, but less rising and not as modulated.
Andrew and I also completed getting a lot of other western warbler calls, we
published spectrograms in the latest Auk, we will see about getting some of
them together since there is some interest in them :)
Was out listening for awhile tonight in at Powdermill , not much even though
a lot of activity in the late evening. Some light warbler movement, also
VEERs, RBGRs, BAORs, some SWTHs too...
Best,
Mike
Michael Lanzone
Biotechnology and Biomonitoring Lab Supervisor
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Powdermill Avian Research Center
1847 Route 381
Rector, PA 15677
724.593.5521 Office
mlanz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Michael O'Brien wrote:
Ted, et al,
Re MacGillivray's, I don't have any recordings but I have heard them give a
husky "seet" much like that from Mourning Warbler.
best wishes,
Michael O'Brien
- Original Message -
From: "Ted Floyd"
To: nfc-l@cornell.edu
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:18:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [nfc-l] Nocturnal migration, Boulder County, Colorado, Aug. 23-25
Hello, all.
1. With light north-northeast winds and decent cloud cover, the pre-dawn
night flight earlier today, Tuesday, Aug. 25th, over Lafayette, Boulder
County, Colorado, was the best thus far this season. (There's something
special about the exact date of Aug. 25th here in Boulder County.)
Anyhow, details at http://tiny.cc/r13NJ
2. Detectable nocturnal migration over Boulder County was light Aug.
23rd and 24th. Basically, just the core species for this time of year:
Wilson's Warbler, presumed Brewer's Sparrow, and dwindling numbers of
Chipping Sparrows. And a cool Red-breasted Nuthatch. Details:
http://tiny.cc/ojbox
3. Just out of curiosity, anybody got good, credible flight calls of
MacGillivray's Warbler? That one has me somewhat flummoxed, I haveta
say.
4. Recent postings from Jay Withgott and Jim Danzenbaker. Great stuff!
And, now, for a brief proclamation from my soapbox. I assume that with
nocturnal flight calls, as with seemingly all other matters
ornithological, we shouldn't think of the phenomenon in simple
"East-vs.-West" terms. Our continent has a fundamental three-part
division, at least ornithologically speaking: (1) East and North; (2)
Interior West; and (3) Pacific Slope. Not that anyone around here has
been guilty of declaring otherwise! But I figured I'd nip it in the bud,
just in case.
All best,
Ted Floyd (still waiting for just a single,
