Last night was a good night for Swainson's Thrushes and Gray-cheeked Thrushes. There were several small waves throughout the night. The descent was full of blinging Swainson's Thrushes and a few screaming Gray-cheeked Thrushes. I heard my first migratory Hermit Thrushes of the fall last night as well (5:03am and 5:47am).
Last thrush was a Gray-cheeked at 6:24am and first Blue Jay was at 6:30am. Attached is a brief clip of the loudest and densest section of Swainson's (and a few distant Gray-cheeked Thrushes) descending at 6:21am. 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 M: 607-351-5740 F: 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/ --
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