When I finally got outside last night around 11 PM, birds were coming over, but they were high and faint. In 40 minutes, I counted about 45 "thrush" calls -- only 3-4 WOOD THRUSH and the rest SWAINSON's; no Gray-cheeked -- and about 60 "zeeet" notes. I believe I identified several each of Common Yellowthroat, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Savannah Sparrow, and White-throated Sparrow -- most were Blackpoll-type buzzy "zeet" notes.
One of my last birds, though, was a clear AMERICAN BITTERN, which gave 3 distinctive "wark" notes about 15 seconds apart as it headed due south. KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> On Oct 5, 2011, at 6:43 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes wrote: I got up to begin browsing through some of last night's audio data (visually, using Raven Pro), while still listening to what's going on outside, real-time. As I was listening real-time, I heard another distinct frappy, flatulant-sounding DICKCISSEL call. This one had a total of 5 distinct notes within the call, with a sixth fainter note at the tail of the call. Very neat! This bird called at about 6:29:30. Sincerely, Chris T-H On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:16 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes wrote: There's a pretty steady stream of birds overhead tonight. One vocally active flock of Green Herons went over. And, to my surprise, another frappy DICKCISSEL called at 21:58 (9:58pm). A handful of White-throated Sparrows, a Solitary Sandpiper, Swainson's Thrushes and Gray-cheeked Thrushes, several warblers (Black-throated Blues plus other zeeps), Savannah Sparrows, and more to come. More Green Herons, a Great Blue, and a White-throated Sparrow are going over as I type this. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
