Re: [nfc-l] UK flight calling

2009-09-29 Thread Magnus Robb
Hi Gerard, I think I did ask one or two Irishmen (in Belfast and Wexford), but they may not have been listening much at night. I'm very interested to read that you heard Fieldfares, and have no reason to doubt it. I've always thought that I 'should' hear them at night, and was surprised th

RE: [nfc-l] Bobolink flight in NE Florida

2009-09-29 Thread Ted Floyd
Hi, all. Thanks to Matt Hafner for these great observations from Florida. > Has anyone else heard a large predawn flight with such a lack > of diversity? Most of my listening has been inland in the mid-Atlantic > and while I've had plenty of thrush-dominated mornings, I've never > had a

Re: [nfc-l] UK flight calling

2009-09-29 Thread SLIMBIRD Gerard
Hello Magnus, I was most surprised to read that nobody you¹ve asked has ever heard Fieldfare at night!? But I¹d be interested to know if you¹ve asked any Irish birders? As a young birder growing up in the suburbs of Dublin Ireland during the late seventies and eighties, I¹m sure we¹d occasionally