Last night was a relatively quiet night, but after browsing through data from 10:15pm to 4:30am, it became apparent that there was a notable migration of BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS. In total, there were 20 distinct night flight calls from at least 16 different individual birds. A single YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO also sang once (2:55am).
Other birds of interest include a surprise call from a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER at 11:53pm, two ALDER FLYCATCHERS at 12:46am and 3:11am, an early morning CEDAR WAXWING at 4:03am, at least 18 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, five GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, two VEERIES, and a single BICKNELL'S THRUSH candidate (at 2:57am). Good birding and night listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418<tel:607-254-2418> M: 607-351-5740<tel:607-351-5740> F: 607-254-1132<tel:607-254-1132> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
