[nfc-l] Question: Rate of "chipping" during night flights

2009-09-05 Thread Jim Danzenbaker
Hi All, Jim Danzenbaker from Battle Ground, Clark County, (southwestern) Washington State, USA here. First, I want to thank all the folks who have been posting to this listserve - such a wealth of information on Night Flights in one place is exciting and its great to hear about night flights in d

Re: [nfc-l] call ID - Crow?

2009-09-05 Thread Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Hi Pete, I believe that is a call from an American Crow. I don't remember what the name is to describe this type of call. But, it's that more clear and somewhat higher frequency series of "guttural" notes that I've heard being produced by crows in the past. I think Kevin McGowan might be the b

[nfc-l] call ID

2009-09-05 Thread Pete Marchetto
Cheers all! I have a very weird bird call here that I can't seem to get a bead on. I know this isn't Night-Flight related, as it was recorded during the day, but please humor me. http://128.84.252.48/~marchetto/WeirdCall.aiff The audio was recorded at about 1p ET, in northern Ithaca, NY. -Pete

[nfc-l] moonwatch & flight directionality

2009-09-05 Thread Rudolph Keller
Moonwatch: I used my scope zoom lens at 20X. Bats were clearly larger because lower and hunting e>w or w>e. The few birds went s or sw. Two were mere flickers of shadow across the moonface but looked like birds, not moths. Will try cranking up the magnification when I try this again. Moving the