Good evening all, For those of you in Manhattan, NYC, may I suggest stopping what you are doing and stepping out side right now. There is a large amount of nocturnal movement happening, quite easily visible at times even with the naked eye from street level (and more so with binoculars looking up to the cloud ceiling from building rooftops) in the lights of a number of up-lit buildings on the Upper East Side, and presumably elsewhere in the city and surrounding areas. There's also quite a lot of calling happening (lots of White-throated Sparrows, some Dark-eyed Juncos, Hermit Thrush). A quick check of radar will show why - there is a heavy flight underway in favorable winds and birds are interacting with isolated thunderstorms and low cloud ceilings (and the artificial light dome of NYC).
Good nocturnal birding! Andrew -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
