Re: [nfc-l] Ajo, AZ flight last night
Hi all, Painted Redstart flight call is still quite the mystery. In August 2005 Mike Lanzone and I recorded a number of different "flight call" type vocalizations from free-flying PARE observed in short diurnal flights in the Mogollon Rim area of AZ (a GREAT place to learn western flight calls - I suggest an early August visit). Regardless, some of these same calls appeared in a scant few nocturnal recordings from the same time frame. However, this species made all sorts of sounds, and whether one flight call type or many are the norm, I have no idea . . . One of many unanswered questions . . . Red-faced Warbler flight call is a clearer case. Yes, that call is a zeep type: in addition to the referenced data in Lanzone et al. 2009, where you can see the call itself rather than having me flounder in some description of it (!), I can add that I felt that, visually, the call was very much like the coarsely modulated tail of a Canada Warbler flight call. I always felt, and still feel, that phylogenetic signal is reasonably apparent in flight calls of what we know now as the genus *Cardellina* (Canada Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Red-faced Warbler). I can't say that I felt many good measurements were/are available to describe this similarity, though our brains can perceive it. From the aural perspective, I'll see if I can find a good example and post it to the list . . . Best, Andrew On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Bill Evans wrote: > ** > Thanks Mike. So Red-faced does give a zeep! And it appears to have a wider > frequency span than Yellow. Perhaps the wider-frequencied series of zeeps > from Ajo around 2:29AM last night was from a Red-faced. > > Bill > > > > -- > *From*: "Michael Lanzone" > *Sent*: Saturday, May 26, 2012 9:13 AM > *To*: "NFC List" > *Subject*: Re: [nfc-l] Ajo, AZ flight last night > >Bill and others interested, > > Here is a PDF reprint of a paper from the Auk (Vol. 126, Number 3) that > shows Red-faced and Graces flight-calls Andrew and I recorded several years > back. > > Best, > Mike > > Michael Lanzone > Somerset, PA > mlanz...@gmail.com > > Nice flight across the Mexican-Arizona border region last night. It > always amazes me how late spring migrants are crossing the border in the > west (and probably the east as well). I recall camping along the border in > Cabeza Prieta NWR back in ~1997 and hearing a steady flight of Swainson's > Thrush on several nights in early June. What's intriguing to me about last > night's flight is the variation in bandwidth of the "zeep" notes. As far as > I know, Yellow Warbler is the only migrant small passerine in the west that > gives a classic zeep flight note. The psychedelic warbler flight call > poster that Andy Farnsworth put together back in 2006 tends to support > this, though the Painted Redstart call portrayed is suggestive of a zeep. > Not shown in that poster are the flight calls of Grace's and Red-faced > Warblers, but my recollection on hearing flight notes from those species > back in the early 90s is that they give high thin notes and not zeeps. > The flight calls from Ajo, AZ last night can be downloaded from > oldbird.org and viewed with GlassOfire or Raven. > Bill E > > -- > *NFC-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- 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/ --
Re: [nfc-l] Ajo, AZ flight last night
Thanks Mike. So Red-faced does give a zeep! And it appears to have a wider frequency span than Yellow. Perhaps the wider-frequencied series of zeeps from Ajo around 2:29AM last night was from a Red-faced. Bill From: "Michael Lanzone" Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 9:13 AM To: "NFC List" Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Ajo, AZ flight last night Bill and others interested, Here is a PDF reprint of a paper from the Auk (Vol. 126, Number 3) that shows Red-faced and Graces flight-calls Andrew and I recorded several years back. Best, Mike Michael Lanzone Somerset, PA mlanz...@gmail.com Nice flight across the Mexican-Arizona border region last night. It always amazes me how late spring migrants are crossing the border in the west (and probably the east as well). I recall camping along the border in Cabeza Prieta NWR back in ~1997 and hearing a steady flight of Swainson's Thrush on several nights in early June. What's intriguing to me about last night's flight is the variation in bandwidth of the "zeep" notes. As far as I know, Yellow Warbler is the only migrant small passerine in the west that gives a classic zeep flight note. The psychedelic warbler flight call poster that Andy Farnsworth put together back in 2006 tends to support this, though the Painted Redstart call portrayed is suggestive of a zeep. Not shown in that poster are the flight calls of Grace's and Red-faced Warblers, but my recollection on hearing flight notes from those species back in the early 90s is that they give high thin notes and not zeeps. The flight calls from Ajo, AZ last night can be downloaded from oldbird.org and viewed with GlassOfire or Raven. Bill E -- 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/ --
Re: [nfc-l] Ajo, AZ flight last night
Bill and others interested, Here is a PDF reprint of a paper from the Auk (Vol. 126, Number 3) that shows Red-faced and Graces flight-calls Andrew and I recorded several years back.Best,MikeMichael LanzoneSomerset, PAmlanz...@gmail.comNice flight across the Mexican–Arizona border region last night. It always amazes me how late spring migrants are crossing the border in the west (and probably the east as well). I recall camping along the border in Cabeza Prieta NWR back in ~1997 and hearing a steady flight of Swainson’s Thrush on several nights in early June. What’s intriguing to me about last night’s flight is the variation in bandwidth of the “zeep” notes. As far as I know, Yellow Warbler is the only migrant small passerine in the west that gives a classic zeep flight note. The psychedelic warbler flight call poster that Andy Farnsworth put together back in 2006 tends to support this, though the Painted Redstart call portrayed is suggestive of a zeep. Not shown in that poster are the flight calls of Grace’s and Red-faced Warblers, but my recollection on hearing flight notes from those species back in the early 90s is that they give high thin notes and not zeeps. The flight calls from Ajo, AZ last night can be downloaded from oldbird.org and viewed with GlassOfire or Raven. Bill E -- 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! -- 05_Lanzone_08-187.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document
[nfc-l] Ajo, AZ flight last night
Nice flight across the Mexican–Arizona border region last night. It always amazes me how late spring migrants are crossing the border in the west (and probably the east as well). I recall camping along the border in Cabeza Prieta NWR back in ~1997 and hearing a steady flight of Swainson’s Thrush on several nights in early June. What’s intriguing to me about last night’s flight is the variation in bandwidth of the “zeep” notes. As far as I know, Yellow Warbler is the only migrant small passerine in the west that gives a classic zeep flight note. The psychedelic warbler flight call poster that Andy Farnsworth put together back in 2006 tends to support this, though the Painted Redstart call portrayed is suggestive of a zeep. Not shown in that poster are the flight calls of Grace’s and Red-faced Warblers, but my recollection on hearing flight notes from those species back in the early 90s is that they give high thin notes and not zeeps. The flight calls from Ajo, AZ last night can be downloaded from oldbird.org and viewed with GlassOfire or Raven. Bill E -- 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/ --
