[nfc-l] RE: [nfc-l] Dioni Loïc Sauvé - New in the list NFC-L

Hi Dioni, Thanks for sharing some of your night flight call clips. I’ve never used Kaleidocsope so it interesting to see what a spectrogram looks like on the program. Some of your calls were not very clear, perhaps because they were distant. In any case, you might try adjusting your

RE: [nfc-l] I think it is sora

or gently rising slope in the first part of the call. John Kearney Carleton, NS -- 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

RE: [nfc-l] Unknown over Pittsburgh, May 2

Hi Geoff, I've heard spring peepers make a similar call at times. Were there any more typical spring peeper calls in the recording? John Carleton, Nova Scotia From: bounce-2482247-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Geoff Malosh Sent:

RE: [nfc-l] NFC ID Help

Hi All, It looks like a good candidate for Seaside Sparrow. John Carleton, Nova Scotia From: bounce-2453160-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-2453160-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Hal Mitchell Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:28 To: NFC-L

RE: [nfc-l] Canada Warbler Detections: western MT

/Beaver_River_Yarmouth_County_Autumn_2018.html, and http://www.johnfkearney.com/Cape_Forchu_Yarmouth_County_2017.html. John Kearney From: bounce-2551358-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Debbie Leick Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2018 19:06 To: Night Flight Call Discussions Subject: [nfc-l] Canada

RE: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

ructional Designer UCAR/The COMET Program Boulder, CO On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 11:26 AM John Kearney mailto:john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote: I have often used the earth.nullschool streams to understand bird migration movements. However, here in coastal Nova Scotia many birds, main

[nfc-l] RE: [nfc-l] Dioni Loïc Sauvé - New in the list NFC-L

Hi Dioni, Thanks for sharing some of your night flight call clips. I’ve never used Kaleidocsope so it interesting to see what a spectrogram looks like on the program. Some of your calls were not very clear, perhaps because they were distant. In any case, you might try adjusting your

[nfc-l] RE: [nfc-l] Re: [nfc-l] RE: [nfc-l] Dioni Loïc Sauvé - New in the list NFC-L

much for offering me documentation. In the case of the Evans CD-ROM, it no longer seems accessible. Apparently, when I go on the internet, a new edition should arrive in 2017, is this the case? Dioni Loïc Sauvé Laval, Québec 2017-10-25 6:40 GMT-04:00 John Kearney mailto:john.kear

[nfc-l] RE: [nfc-l] Re: Dioni Loïc Sauvé - New in the list NFC-L

Hi Dioni, A detector will find the flight calls for you. This, and all other matters, are explained in the manual available on line at the Raven software site. John From: bounce-2405898-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-2405898-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Dioni

RE: [nfc-l] NFC ID Help

Hi All, It looks like a good candidate for Seaside Sparrow. John Carleton, Nova Scotia From: bounce-2453160-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-2453160-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Hal Mitchell Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:28 To: NFC-L Subject: [nfc-l] NFC ID

RE: [nfc-l] Unknown over Pittsburgh, May 2

Hi Geoff, I've heard spring peepers make a similar call at times. Were there any more typical spring peeper calls in the recording? John Carleton, Nova Scotia From: bounce-2482247-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Geoff Malosh Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 22:56 To:

RE: [nfc-l] I think it is sora

or gently rising slope in the first part of the call. John Kearney Carleton, NS -- 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

RE: [nfc-l] Canada Warbler Detections: western MT

/Beaver_River_Yarmouth_County_Autumn_2018.html, and http://www.johnfkearney.com/Cape_Forchu_Yarmouth_County_2017.html. John Kearney From: bounce-2551358-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Debbie Leick Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2018 19:06 To: Night Flight Call Discussions Subject: [nfc-l] Canada

RE: [nfc-l] roll call!

I have a recording station on the coast of the Northumberland Strait (Gulf of St. Lawrence) in northern Nova Scotia. I tend to be slow on the analysis. John From: bounce-45148036-28417...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-45148036-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of David La Puma Sent:

[nfc-l] Help sought

Can anyone help me with the attached call, recorded about 5 hours after sunset last night over Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES

RE: [nfc-l] Help sought

:11 To: John Kearney Cc: NFC-L Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Help sought John, This both visually and aurally is most similar to Palm Warbler NFC, of all the species represented in the "descending seeps" table in the Evans and O'Brien CD-ROM. Other thoughts? Sincerely,

[nfc-l] July Flight Calls in Nova Scotia

I’ve been night monitoring using an Old Bird 21c since July 8th here in northern Nova Scotia. I’ve had a total of 163 flight calls recorded. These breakdown to: 79 Plovers and Sandpipers 5 Thrushes 51 Warblers 4 Sparrows 24 Miscellaneous The shorebirds are clearly migrants but I’m not

[nfc-l] Nocturnal Migration in Nova Scotia

I've been conducting nightly recording and analysis of nocturnal migration over Nova Scotia since early July. I'm posting some of my results on a webpage: http://www.johnfkearney.com/nocturnal_monitoring/ -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME

[nfc-l] ID of NFCs

The discussion today reminds me of a similar train of thought that I've been pondering lately. Namely, in today's world of birding and ornithology, we require a high of degree of certainty when it comes to documenting the classification of our observations to the species level. Basically,

RE: [nfc-l] ID of NFCs

light call complex "identification"? Erik Johnson S Lafayette, LA ejohn33 AT lsu.edu ejohnson AT audubon.org On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:07 AM, John Kearney wrote: The discussion today reminds me of a similar train of thought that I've been pondering lately. Namely, in toda

RE: [nfc-l] ID of NFCs

[mailto:bounce-65439109-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Francis,Charles [NCR] Sent: September 20, 2012 18:26 To: John Kearney; Erik Johnson; Nocturnal Flight Call ListServe Subject: RE: [nfc-l] ID of NFCs John et al., For many purposes related to bird monitoring, recording a best-guess

RE: [nfc-l] Northeast US: Night Migration Tonight

There have been very heavy nocturnal movements over Northern Nova Scotia the last few nights. Night of September 7-8: 1,561 night flight calls recorded on the 21c of which about 1,300 occurred between 8 pm and midnight. Night of September 8-9: 369 night flight calls Night of September 9-10:

[nfc-l] Update on Nova Scotia Nocturnal Migration

I have updated my website with charts for the nocturnal autumn migration over Antigonish County, Nova Scotia at http://www.johnfkearney.com/Nocturnal_Migration.html John -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES

[nfc-l] Any help appreciated

I had two calls last name that I can't figure out. The first one looks like a Northern Waterthrush but I don't think it is especially as it was preceded by a few seconds by the second call attached. The sound is not very clear so I didn't include it. Thank you. John -- NFC-L List Info:

RE: [nfc-l] Any help appreciated

-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Albright Sent: November 3, 2012 17:13 To: John Kearney Cc: nfc-l@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Any help appreciated I'm not very good at just looking at the spectrograms (and not being able to hear the sound), but this looks similiar to Gold-crown

RE: [nfc-l] NFC protocol redux

Hi Andrew: Thanks to you and your team for reviewing this subject. It is a very important and timely to develop this protocol, and your consideration of this matter is much appreciated. I have read the protocol a couple of times and look forward to begin entering my remote data in eBird. I do

RE: [nfc-l] NFC Protocol - more

Hi Andrew and All, Thank you for your response to my email. The changes to the protocol seem reasonable to me. I believe having this information on eBird will generate even more interest in this field of bird studies. John From: bounce-75469066-28417...@list.cornell.edu

[nfc-l] Ipswich Sparrow?

Is anyone familiar with Ipswich Sparrow night flight calls and might the attached be one? Thanks John PS. The wav file is unfiltered and will sound clearer in a sound editing program like Raven. -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME

RE: [nfc-l] Processing NFC recordings with Raven Pro

Hi Debbie I sent you Raven Pro preset files as an attachment for high and low frequency detection that are used by the Cornell Lab (where they were given to me). However, if you are like me, you may not be comfortable dropping files from a stranger into your Raven Pro folders. So here are the

[nfc-l] More on processing night flight calls

Hi All, As a follow-up to Debbie's question about processing night flight calls with Raven Pro, I recall that Laura Gooch recently raised the dilemma of the great amount of work required in processing lower frequency, thrush-like calls, due to traffic noise. I have a problem with ambient noise

RE: [nfc-l] flight call count and list protocols

Hi Andrew, Many thanks to you and the eBird team for clarifying the NFC protocol. Your efforts and time commitment are much appreciated. I would, however, like to take you up on your offer to write a separate email about automated processing and automated recording units. I would be very

RE: [nfc-l] Unknown call -- bittern?

Hi Geoff, There is a call of Least Bittern on the sound site, Dendroica, that is similar to your recording. It's the last one listed on the Canadian version of the site. Thanks for raising the question about activity on this list. While I've played an active role on the NFC Facebook group, I

RE: [nfc-l] Article about NFCs and light

Hi Dan and all, Thanks for your summary of your recent paper. I look forward to hearing more about your study of the alternatives that might explain these results. It seems to me that your work indicates that in the future we should include some measure of light levels as part of the metadata

RE: [nfc-l] Recent activity in southwestern PA and a few questions

Hi Geoff, Ken, and Benjamin, Unknown1 suggests Bluebird to me. The spectrogram impression is similar to Mountain, but the sound and higher frequency is more like Eastern. John From: bounce-120462439-28417...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120462439-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of

RE: [nfc-l] Recent activity in southwestern PA and a few questions

Hi All, To enhance this listserv as a learning medium, I think it is important to try to find a consensus on identification questions. After looking at more low frequency flight calls (including those on Paul Driver’s blog), I also agree that Orchard Oriole is the best choice. John From:

RE: [nfc-l] Another Shorebird

Hi Jerald, This looks and sounds like a Spotted Sandpiper to me. When I’m searching for Spotted Sandpiper in my recordings, I set the detector to 4 – 5 kHz. The Solitary Sandpipers that have passed through here in Nova Scotia are 6 kHz or more on the upper part of the spectrogram. John

RE: [nfc-l] Migrants 5/24/16

[mailto:jrebel...@gmail.com] Sent: May-25-16 13:20 To: John Kearney Cc: nfc-l@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Migrants 5/24/16 Hi John, I'm in Delaware, I meant to include that and forgot. Yes, I record overnight, and I save calls that I hear live. I'm using a mic that I built loosely

RE: [nfc-l] Migrants 5/24/16

-batteries. Perhaps no such thing exists as yet. I suspect even Beaglebone would require more power than that? John From: bounce-120518229-28417...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120518229-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jesse Ross Sent: May-25-16 15:17 To: John Kearney Cc: Jerald

Re: [nfc-l] Migrants 5/24/16

hich are a bit more careful about power. I've heard >> good things about Beaglebone. >> >> best wishes, >> jesse >> >>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:39 AM, John Kearney >>> wrote: >>> Thanks Jerald. I find it very interesting to learn what oth

RE: Alternate NFC Recording Devices (WAS Re: [nfc-l] Migrants 5/24/16)

pi-wolfson-sound-card-3-ways-to-us e-it/ Raspberry Pi is not optimized for low power consumption, so if you're looking to run off of battery you might have better luck with other board-based computers which are a bit more careful about power. I've heard good things about Beaglebone. best wishes, je

RE: [nfc-l] Sparrow/warbler NFCs last night

Hi Jerald, Here are some thoughts are your calls. The first could be a VESP that is shorter duration than average. It could also be an OVEN. It seems to have the arch of an OVEN. The second one is rather indistinct. Possibilities might be YRWA, BTNW. John From:

[nfc-l] Early autumn movements

Hi all, I've posted a short report on nocturnal movements at my acoustic monitoring station at Carleton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia for the 4th week of July. It is at the following url: http://johnfkearney.com/Carleton_YarmouthCounty_2016.html. John -- NFC-L List Info:

[nfc-l] Nocturnal Migration for the 1st Week of August in Nova Scotia

Hi All, The rate of nocturnal movements of warblers almost doubled over the previous week at Carleton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. There was a total of 240 calls and at least 181 individual birds at a rate of 34 calls per night. Warblers composed 99% of the calls recorded. Despite a continuing

RE: [nfc-l] recording of Swainson's Thrush nocturnal flight calls before song on Manitoba breeding grounds

Hi Jeff and all, Quite interesting. I've heard this in Nova Scotia as well, especially near the end of the breeding season. John John F. Kearney Carleton, Nova Scotia CANADA From: bounce-120683369-28417...@list.cornell.edu

[nfc-l] Early Fall-out

Hi All, Yesterday morning, 13 August, four minutes before civil sunrise at 0551 hours (0852 UTC,) in Carleton, Nova Scotia, I recorded what appears to be a fall-out of American Redstarts (AMRE) and Black-and-White Warblers (BAWW). In the space of 1 minute and 20 seconds, there were 21 American

RE: [nfc-l] Interesting Call

at the second call, I thought it was a Magnolia Warbler due to the spacing between humps, but on closer examination its high frequency, number of humps, depth between humps, and somewhat descending character fit better with Cape May Warbler. John John Kearney Carleton, Nova Scotia From: bounce

RE: [nfc-l] Intersting pattern in data recording

ribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf _ From: bounce-120754645-10061...@list.cornell.edu <mailto:bounce-120754645-10061...@list.cornell.edu> mailto:bounce-120754645-10061...@list.cornell.edu> > on behalf of John Kearney mailto:john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> > Sent: Tues

RE: [nfc-l] migration technologies overview

Thank you, Jeff. It is indeed a useful summary of the state of the art. I recently received some literature on a new version of the Kaleidoscope bioacoustics software with cluster analysis by Wildlife Acoustics. Has anyone used this new version for the analysis of night flight calls? John

RE: [nfc-l] NFCs Week of 9/3 through 9/9

Jerald, Meena, and all: My summary for this week can be found here: http://www.johnfkearney.com/Carleton_YarmouthCounty_2016.html. Regards, John Carleton, Nova Scotia From: bounce-120772655-28417...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120772655-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of

RE: [nfc-l] NFCs Week of 9/3 through 9/9

To: John Kearney ; 'NFC-L' ; 'Meena Madhav Haribal' ; 'Jerald' Subject: Re: [nfc-l] NFCs Week of 9/3 through 9/9 Folks, I haven't had time to look at my recordings much, so I have no counts to share. My home recording station has very prominent insect song, so that I get thousands

RE: [nfc-l] Interesting Calls

Hi Jerald, I think some of the quality of the calls is lost when I convert your mp3s to wav files. I had a bit of trouble reading the spectrograms. There were a number of birds in those recordings. I could discern Swainson’s Thrush, Hermit Thrush, one Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and perhaps one or

RE: [nfc-l] Interesting Savannah Sparrow Call

on Paul Driver’s blog post, this call would also be a good candidate for Ipswich Sparrow. John From: bounce-120823749-28417...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120823749-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John Kearney Sent: September-25-16 12:21 To: 'Preston Lust' ; 'NFC-L' Subject: RE: [nfc-l

RE: [nfc-l] Unknown Warbler

Hi Jerald, This is a tough one. I agree it is too high for Palm Warbler. It could be a high Yellow-rumped Warbler. It might also be an odd Ovenbird. I would lean toward Ovenbird but should probably go with warbler species? John From: bounce-120824283-28417...@list.cornell.edu

RE: [nfc-l] Bicknell's Thrush - More Classic Example

. Thanks, John Kearney Carleton, NS From: bounce-120825839-28417...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120825839-28417...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Sent: September-26-16 08:15 To: NFC-L Subject: [nfc-l] Bicknell's Thrush - More Classic Example Albeit soft

[nfc-l] Fallout in NS 23 September

Hi All, I have written up a short report using weather radar and acoustic monitoring to document a fallout of small passerines in southwest Nova Scotia on the morning of 23 September 2016. Here is the link: http://www.johnfkearney.com/Fallout_2016.html. Comments welcome. John John Kearney

[nfc-l] 4th Week of September in Nova Scotia

week of July being recorded during this period. John Kearney Carleton, NS -- 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

RE: [nfc-l] Virtual Meet and Greet

Dimorphism and Individual Identity? PLoS ONE 11(6): e0156578. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156578 It’s open access so it is easily accessible here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0156578. John Kearney From: bounce-120836221-28417...@list.cornell.edu

[nfc-l] Weekly report

-crowned Warbler, Black-capped Chickadee, and Dark-eyed Junco began to appear this week. The most common birds were Yellow-rumped Warblers and White-throated Sparrows. John Kearney Carleton, NS -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

RE: [nfc-l] NFC Report Week of 10/1 through 10/7/2016

] On Behalf Of Jerald Sent: October-24-16 11:31 To: John Kearney Cc: nfc-l ; Samuel Miller Subject: Re: [nfc-l] NFC Report Week of 10/1 through 10/7/2016 John, I built my mic using the plans on Bill Evans' site. I waterproofed it by putting plastic wrap over the top, however

RE: [nfc-l] 2016 Fall NFC Update

Hi Debbie, Very interesting work. Low elevation in your area would be very high in a coastal area. It makes me wonder how the preferred flight altitude of a migrant is related to sea-level and local geography. John Carleton, NS From: bounce-121048772-28417...@list.cornell.edu

RE: [nfc-l] 2016 Fall NFC Update

Joshua Mennill Sent: December-05-16 12:37 To: Debbie Leick ; nfc-l@cornell.edu Cc: John Kearney ; Kate Stone ; Carrie Voss Subject: Re: [nfc-l] 2016 Fall NFC Update All, In relation to this question, there is an exciting new paper in the journal Biology Letters about the height of nocturnal

RE: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls

, and NJ. John Kearney Carleton, NS From: bounce-2314226-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-2314226-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Preston Lust Sent: May-02-17 06:47 To: Nfc-l Digest Recipients Subject: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls 5/1/17 -- 10:03 PM Last night, I

RE: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls

, May 2, 2017 5:22 PM, Benjamin Van Doren mailto:bmvando...@gmail.com> > wrote: Perhaps Snow Bunting? On May 2, 2017, at 2:10 PM, John Kearney mailto:john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote: Hi Preston, Very interesting flight call. It reminds me of a type 2 Red Crossbill. It’s

RE: [nfc-l] New Online Nocturnal Flight Call Recording Guide

Nice work David. It is always interesting to see the different ways that people use to achieve the same objectives! I appreciate your creative approach to a number of the steps in your process. John Kearney Carleton, Nova Scotia From: bounce-2339330-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu

[nfc-l] Early migration

Warbler, and Canada Warbler. The closest weather radar at Caribou, Maine indicates very low density of echoes so far. The totals for last night are listed below. John Kearney Carleton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Nocturnal Migration for the night of 1-2 August 2017

RE: [nfc-l] Epic Movement - Etna, NY

more insight into passerine and small passerine movements at these intermediate altitudes between 100 and 1500 meters. I have only analyzed past events and never tried forecasting. John Kearney Yarmouth, Nova Scotia From: bounce-3195061-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Bryan Guarente