Matt, The calls you described as "shorebird-like" are the flight calls of Dunlin.
Jay Keller, San Diego, CA -----Original Message----- >From: Matt Goff <[email protected]> >Sent: Nov 7, 2012 5:39 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [nfc-l] mystery flight calls > > >In 2008-2009, I recorded many nights out my back window (in Sitka, >Alaska). Several times I captured calls I did not recognize. I'm hoping >maybe someone can help ID some of them. > >These sound like a shorebird to me. >http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2008/11/07/wr-night-thirty-eight/ > >I think the fourth recording here may be of something similar: >http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2008/10/28/wr-night-twenty-eight/ >(the other mystery calls I later learned were Marbled Murrelets) > >Thanks, >Matt Goff >Sitka, Alaska > >-- > >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/[email protected]/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/ > >-- -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
