The forecast looks great for hearing flight calls of night migrating birds across the region tonight.
If anyone is interested in learning some calls, I’ll be up at Mount Pleasant Observatory listening from 8:30-11pm. For directions, google Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory. Park on the side of the road near the observatory. This is peak migration time for Chestnut-sided, Canada, and Mourning Warblers, each with fairly distinctive flight calls. Based on past listening in the area, perhaps 1 in 10 calls tonight may be from Chestnut-sided, 1 in 25 from Canada, 1 in 50 from Mourning and 1 in 100 from Black-and-white Warbler. Also audibly in the mix will be American Redstart (~5%), Common Yellowthroat(5-10%), and lots of Ovenbirds (~25%). Bobolink and Veery calling should be steady, and if lucky we’ll hear one of the remaining few Upland Sandpipers that breed to our north. Bill Evans -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
