Re: [nfc-l] United States Radar Echoes - September 1, 2009

2009-09-01 Thread Bryan Guarente
NFC-enthusiasts, Jeff pointed out the radar echoes tonight which are pretty impressive, especially along the Carolina and Virginia coasts. Being a meteorologist and a birdwatcher, this is of great interest to me. For those who are interested in sources of information about the weather patterns

Re: [nfc-l] Finch NFCs/Flight Calls of Migratory Birds

2009-09-01 Thread Bill Evans
Matthew, When Michael O'Brien and I put together the Flight Call Guide (circa 2001), the vast majority of people had slow internet connections and it didn't seem practical to put long sound cuts on the web -- distributing the guide on a data CD made more sense. But most birders today have fast

[nfc-l] Tenglmalm/Boreal Owl autumnal call

2009-09-01 Thread Harry Lehto
Hi, for the type of call that Tengmalm's/Boreal Owl (Aegfun) makes when they are moving about is now downloaded at http://www.tarsiger.com/sounds/index.php?lang=eng Regards Harry hle...@utu.fi -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/

RE: [nfc-l] rails calling during migration

2009-09-01 Thread Jeff Wells
I also regularly get Virginia Rail and less regularly Sora over my house in Gardiner, Maine and have recordings of them. I live in a suburban neighborhood with no habitat for them nearby. I remember hearing a King Rail go over while chilling out after the World Series of Birding with other

Re: [nfc-l] Finch NFCs/Flight Calls of Migratory Birds

2009-09-01 Thread Andy Martin
I would be interested to know of any updates on finch night movements as well. I was surprised to record the flight call of a single American Goldfinch (AMGO) shortly after midnight on 4/11/08. Have always wondered if this was a migrant or just a local bird, possibly spooked off its night time

RE: [nfc-l] rails calling during migration

2009-09-01 Thread David Irons
Greetings All, While living in east-central Illinois several years ago, I heard both Virginia Rail and Sora call during nocturnal migrations. I heard these birds flying over my house, which was located in the small town of Fairmount in the vast corn and soybean "desert" of this region. The nea

[nfc-l] Finch NFCs/Flight Calls of Migratory Birds

2009-09-01 Thread Matt Kenne
Bill Evans wrote: but it is now thought that all finches are sometimes involved with night movements in the east, especially in coastal areas. Mr. Evans, As interest in NFCs grows and new information is gathered, portions of your Flight Calls CD will naturally become outdated, as this com

Re: [nfc-l] First recording ... rails on migration

2009-09-01 Thread Harry Lehto
Rob and others, The Tengmalms/Boreal Owls (Aegfun) wer enot heard by Janne but by a couple of other people. One of them is close to the North end of the gulf of Bothnia. The Tengmalm call is by description the same as what I call (somewhat incorrectly the Whip call - I'll t

Re: [nfc-l] First recording ... rails on migration

2009-09-01 Thread Magnus Robb
Harry and others, Thanks very much for the interesting information about rails and owls calling while migrating at night. Regarding Water Rails (Rallus aquaticus), I have heard them calling in flight at night twice in areas where there was little likelihood of breeding. Once, over a Balea

[nfc-l] Song Meter Recorder and Analysis

2009-09-01 Thread Zapata Courage
 Hello Everyone, This forum is very timely and I am excited to see where this will go over time.  In the meantime, we have just deployed 6 Song Meter Acoustic monitoring devices (for the first time)into the field for the next month and a half.  Most of the conversation in this forum is concerning

Re: Re:[nfc-l] First recording ... rails on migration

2009-09-01 Thread Harry Lehto
Michael and others, After my last email to the group Magnus Robb inquired about the Spotted Flycatcher (Musstr) I mentioned, so I sent out an inquiry to the Finnish birdnet about what migrants birders had heard. Among others Spotted was "confirmed" although undocumented