[nfc-l] duck-like call

2009-10-11 Thread Corey Husic
This morning, around 2am, while listening to migrants, I heard an unfamiliar "ehk" sound, somewhat like a shortened duck quack. The bird called repeatedly while flying SW. I know this a horrible description, but I was just wondering if anyone would know what this bird was. This morning I also

RE: [nfc-l] Good flight in Maine tonight - Sat Oct 10

2009-10-11 Thread Donald P. Freiday
What Jeff heard matches almost exactly in composition what I heard along Delaware Bay 10 miles north of Cape May from 5 to 6 a.m., although when I averaged call numbers for the hour it came out to 5-6/minute for the entire time. There were spurts of much more calling. I also heard 7 American

Re: [nfc-l] Good flight in Maine tonight - Sat Oct 10

2009-10-11 Thread Jim Danzenbaker
Hi All, Much further south at the southern tip of Jekyll Island, Georgia (about 25 miles north of the Florida state line), I also had a very heavy migration night with 140 calls per minute between 6am and 6:45am this morning. Dominant species seemed to be Swainson's Thrushes and Palm Warblers but