Hi Jay and NFCers,
Like Jay, I was socked in with rain this morning - very dismal throughout
the day although I saw birds slowly emerge out of the gloomy overcast.
Surprisingly, I didn't here a single peep, zeep, chip, whzu, or blurp
overnight which I thought was strange. Every night I hear
Chris,
In costal Cape May a good Morning Flight can produce a dozen or so birds,
mostly by themselves, sometimes with Boblinks. A hundred or more should be
heard passing Cape May in a fall season if the observer is listening at
night too. They're detected here until Nov with one or two wintering
This morning, I recorded my fourth DICKCISSEL over Etna, NY in the past
seven nights. This particular flight call was the best yet.
I have uploaded an audio clip of the Dickcissel from this morning (at 2:47
AM), as well as a spectrogram frame-grab, showing the characteristics of
this flight
All,
Cool description!
Varied Thrush doesn't appear to be on the oldbird CD. Can someone post
a night flight call clip?
Sincerely,
Andrew
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Jay Withgott wrote:
>
> Gerard --
> Since Jim is undoubtedly enjoying a flood of migrants this morning after
> what has
Gerard --
Since Jim is undoubtedly enjoying a flood of migrants this morning
after what has apparently been the heaviest migration night of the
season, while I'm socked in with rain 25 miles south of him, I'll go
ahead and respond
Varied Thrushes give a flight call very much like the
Jim,
>From an Eastern perspective, I¹m curious (ok really interested!) to know the
call Varied Thrush use at night, and/or how you¹re identifying them?
I also add a hearty thanks to everyone sharing their experience of flight
calls to the list, especially if/when supported with clips etc. It¹s
