Re: [nfc-l] Night Flight - Etna, NY: 5/27-5/28

[Laura C. Gooch]

I'm not certain about the ceiling here. At least part of the time that 
we were out it looked like there was a thin, low ceiling, but that was 
clearing and the birds kept coming.

On 5/28/2014 12:11 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal wrote:
>
> I too think the cloud ceiling played an important role in yesterday's 
> migrants.  I could see as the cloud cover became heavier, I heard more 
> calls that sounded to be coming from the closer birds. Yesterday night 
> was one of my best NFC listening nights.
>
> Meena
>
> *From:*bounce-116019028-10061...@list.cornell.edu 
> [mailto:bounce-116019028-10061...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of 
> *Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:20 AM
> *To:* NFC-L; Laura Gooch
> *Subject:* Re: [nfc-l] Night Flight - Etna, NY: 5/27-5/28
>
> Laura,
>
> I kind of noticed the same. I'm thinking this may have been a low 
> altitude passage of migrants due to the lower cloud ceiling? We had 
> several heavy isolated rain storms pass through overnight and we woke 
> to dense upper elevation fog and moderate amounts of mist at mid-level 
> elevations this morning.
>
> Can't wait to go over my data with a fine-tooth comb, though...
>
> Take care, all!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris T-H
>
> On May 28, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Laura Gooch  >
>
>  wrote:
>
>
>
> We were a little late turning on the microphone last night (about 
> 22:00 EDT), but there was a quite substantial movement of thrushes and 
> warbler/sparrow frequency calls going on here on the east side of 
> Cleveland, too. I have not had a chance to review the data, but there 
> must have been a broad front of activity last night. Interestingly, 
> the radar images don't show all that much movement here.
>
> Laura Gooch
>
> Cleveland Heights, OH
>
> On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:44 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
> mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
>
> Early this morning, I did a very cursory review of all audio data
> from the overnight recording, by hand browsing through
> spectrograms using Raven Pro. Last night, birds started vocalizing
> around 9:10pm. Once again, predominant species was Swainson's
> Thrush with second most predominant species being Gray-cheeked
> Thrush.
>
> There were significantly more warblers and other high frequency
> calls overnight last night compared to the night before.
>
> Here are the highlights/notables:
>
> 8 Black-billed Cuckoos (including one cooing sequence)
>
> 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoos
>
> 2 Alder Flycatchers
>
> 45+ Gray-cheeked thrushes
>
> 200+ Swainson's Thrushes
>
> 2 Veeries
>
> 2 High-frequency sparrow-type calls, containing modulation
>
> Good night listening!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris T-H
>
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RE: [nfc-l] Night Flight - Etna, NY: 5/27-5/28

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

I too think the cloud ceiling played an important role in yesterday's migrants. 
 I could see as the cloud cover became heavier, I heard more calls that sounded 
to be coming from the closer birds. Yesterday night was one of my best NFC 
listening nights.

Meena

From: bounce-116019028-10061...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-116019028-10061...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher T. 
Tessaglia-Hymes
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:20 AM
To: NFC-L; Laura Gooch
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Night Flight - Etna, NY: 5/27-5/28

Laura,

I kind of noticed the same. I'm thinking this may have been a low altitude 
passage of migrants due to the lower cloud ceiling? We had several heavy 
isolated rain storms pass through overnight and we woke to dense upper 
elevation fog and moderate amounts of mist at mid-level elevations this morning.

Can't wait to go over my data with a fine-tooth comb, though...

Take care, all!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On May 28, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Laura Gooch 
mailto:lgo...@alum.mit.edu>>
 wrote:


We were a little late turning on the microphone last night (about 22:00 EDT), 
but there was a quite substantial movement of thrushes and warbler/sparrow 
frequency calls going on here on the east side of Cleveland, too. I have not 
had a chance to review the data, but there must have been a broad front of 
activity last night. Interestingly, the radar images don't show all that much 
movement here.

Laura Gooch
Cleveland Heights, OH

On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:44 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Early this morning, I did a very cursory review of all audio data from the 
overnight recording, by hand browsing through spectrograms using Raven Pro. 
Last night, birds started vocalizing around 9:10pm. Once again, predominant 
species was Swainson's Thrush with second most predominant species being 
Gray-cheeked Thrush.

There were significantly more warblers and other high frequency calls overnight 
last night compared to the night before.

Here are the highlights/notables:

8 Black-billed Cuckoos (including one cooing sequence)
3 Yellow-billed Cuckoos
2 Alder Flycatchers
45+ Gray-cheeked thrushes
200+ Swainson's Thrushes
2 Veeries
2 High-frequency sparrow-type calls, containing modulation

Good night listening!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


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Re: [nfc-l] Night Flight - Etna, NY: 5/27-5/28

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Laura,

I kind of noticed the same. I'm thinking this may have been a low altitude 
passage of migrants due to the lower cloud ceiling? We had several heavy 
isolated rain storms pass through overnight and we woke to dense upper 
elevation fog and moderate amounts of mist at mid-level elevations this morning.

Can't wait to go over my data with a fine-tooth comb, though…

Take care, all!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On May 28, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Laura Gooch 
mailto:lgo...@alum.mit.edu>>
 wrote:

We were a little late turning on the microphone last night (about 22:00 EDT), 
but there was a quite substantial movement of thrushes and warbler/sparrow 
frequency calls going on here on the east side of Cleveland, too. I have not 
had a chance to review the data, but there must have been a broad front of 
activity last night. Interestingly, the radar images don't show all that much 
movement here.

Laura Gooch
Cleveland Heights, OH



On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:44 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> wrote:


Early this morning, I did a very cursory review of all audio data from the 
overnight recording, by hand browsing through spectrograms using Raven Pro. 
Last night, birds started vocalizing around 9:10pm. Once again, predominant 
species was Swainson's Thrush with second most predominant species being 
Gray-cheeked Thrush.

There were significantly more warblers and other high frequency calls overnight 
last night compared to the night before.

Here are the highlights/notables:

8 Black-billed Cuckoos (including one cooing sequence)
3 Yellow-billed Cuckoos
2 Alder Flycatchers
45+ Gray-cheeked thrushes
200+ Swainson's Thrushes
2 Veeries
2 High-frequency sparrow-type calls, containing modulation

Good night listening!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


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[nfc-l] Night Flight - Etna, NY: 5/27-5/28

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Early this morning, I did a very cursory review of all audio data from the 
overnight recording, by hand browsing through spectrograms using Raven Pro. 
Last night, birds started vocalizing around 9:10pm. Once again, predominant 
species was Swainson's Thrush with second most predominant species being 
Gray-cheeked Thrush.

There were significantly more warblers and other high frequency calls overnight 
last night compared to the night before.

Here are the highlights/notables:

8 Black-billed Cuckoos (including one cooing sequence)
3 Yellow-billed Cuckoos
2 Alder Flycatchers
45+ Gray-cheeked thrushes
200+ Swainson's Thrushes
2 Veeries
2 High-frequency sparrow-type calls, containing modulation

Good night listening!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


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