Michael et al.,
In the March 2009 issue of Birding, Eric Salzman discusses the
"descending cackle" of Yellow Rail, which I guess would have been the
vocalization I'd have picked as most likely to serve the purpose of a
nocturnal flight call in that species. He heard a bird make it in
flight (albeit just before landing) while on migration. Link to the article:
http://www.aba.org/birding/v41n2p40.pdf
Nathan Pieplow
Boulder, Colorado
www.earbirding.com/blog
At 02:32 PM 8/31/2009, Michael Lanzone wrote:
Funny, I got really excited by the first one (still am!), however,
on this night there seems to be a lot of them flying over. Many
paired clicks like you often hear when they are initially responding
to playback, I attached one pic. I guess it makes sense that they
call during nocturnal migration like other rails, just never had
heard them in overflight before! These seem to be moving in flocks,
lots of clicks at varying distances from the mic, neat as there is
also a huge passerine movement (at least for the west) and they are
interspersed with tons of flight calls. Anyone have experience with
Yellow Rails during migration?
Talk to you all soon,
Mike
Michael Lanzone
Biotechnology and Biomonitoring Lab Supervisor
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Powdermill Avian Research Center
1847 Route 381
Rector, PA 15677
724.593.5521 Office
<mailto:mlanz...@gmail.com>mlanz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Michael Lanzone
<<mailto:mlanz...@gmail.com>mlanz...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I was looking at one of our recording sites in the Upper Klamath
region in Oregon and had a first for any site I have ever recorded
at, a Yellow Rail!!! This site is a good distance from the water
too, about 2-3 miles to the northwest from marsh. Anyway, I thought
it was cool, so just passing it along...
Michael Lanzone
Biotechnology and Biomonitoring Lab Supervisor
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Powdermill Avian Research Center
1847 Route 381
Rector, PA 15677
724.593.5521 Office
<mailto:mlanz...@gmail.com>mlanz...@gmail.com
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