[nfc-l] Large foggy flight over Port Monmouth, NJ

2011-10-19 Thread Chase Schiefer
A thick fog has rolled in at 3:18 am near port Monmouth on the Raritan bay. There are at least 3 flight calls a second. I've never heard so much activity at night. Birds are coming in waves. Thrushes seem to be flying higher in altitude compared to the other calls, they are also, for the most part

Re: [nfc-l] Large foggy flight over Port Monmouth, NJ

2011-10-19 Thread David La Puma
Hey Chase- Not only was that a cool experience, but the interactive nature of Sound Cloud is awesome! I don't recall it being so interactive in the past- but the ability for folks to add comments to specific points in the track is fantastic. Everyone should check this out. If the link didn't work

[nfc-l] Audio File Converter

2011-10-19 Thread Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
This message is for those of us who may still have some of those old AIF format night flight sound recordings kicking around, but have been looking for an easy way to convert them to WAV format (or other output file types). So, I thought I'd share with everyone an excellent audio converter

Re: [nfc-l] Large foggy flight over Port Monmouth, NJ

2011-10-19 Thread Allen T. Chartier
Chase, I was out surveying this morning and it appears that the October 5 "peak" of White-throated Sparrows and Hermit Thrushes arrived here in southeastern Michigan last night, as I had hundreds of sparrows and dozens of thrushes in the one park I was covering. We're in for two days of

Re: [nfc-l] Large foggy flight over Port Monmouth, NJ

2011-10-19 Thread Chase Schiefer
My apologies for the broken link. It was an overwhelming experience. I think every bird brain must get the same feeling inside when they hear such a high volume of calls overhead in the stillness of night. It was incredible to hear the birds come in waves. Chunks of warblers, then groups of