Re: [nfc-l] Nice night flight underway right now: Blackwater Falls State Park, Tucker County, WV

[Ted Floyd]

Hi, all. I've gone back and listened to the recordings, and it looks as if almost all the "mystery calls" are those of Blackpoll Warblers. Honestly, I wondered at the time if that was the case. But I dismissed that possibility, as I would have said that a heavy Blackpoll flight would have been out of the question so late as 27 October. Then again, I remember that the folks at Cape May told me last year that fall Blackpoll flights have been occurring later in recent years. I'm dating myself, but "back in the old days," we would have been down to only a trickle of Blackpolls in the Appalachians by mid-October--or so it seemed at the time. Anyhow, 100+ Blackpoll Warblers during about an hour last Saturday evening. On a paranoid note, I would appreciate it if somebody take a look at the attached sampling, and confirm that I'm right. Am still entertaining the possibility that I'm totally barking up the wrong tree with this one. Always eager to learn, and never mind being proved wrong. Thanks! Ted Floyd tfl...@aba.org Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado       Hello, Birders. I've been listening and recording this past hour (10:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.), Saturday, Oct. 27th, at Blackwater Falls State Park, Tucker County, WV. Lots of stuff on the move in the fog and mist. Not really sure about most of it, and I forgot to bring with me the cable to connect the recorder to the laptop...  :-( I'm nearly sure a few of them have been Common Yellowthroats--low (for a warbler), short-duration, and very buzzy. Nothing else really comes to mind. I think I recorded a couple of Palm Warblers, too. Not so sure about the others, honestly. Yesterday morning, Friday, Oct. 26th, I heard lots of White-throated Sparrows landing at dawn in the East End section of PIttsburgh, Allegheny County, PA. And sure enough, White-throats were all over that morning, after sunrise, at Frick Park and in the East End neighborhoods. I suspect this is the last night for a while that anybody in the ne. USA will be hearing nocturnal migrant warblers and sparrows! Ted Floyd tfl...@aba.org Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- NFC-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NFC-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --