Re: [nfc-l] [nysbirds-l] Minimal Migration or Population Decline?

2013-06-18 Thread Laurent Fournier
Hi Laura Interestingly enough, I did the first round of my annual survey of a large park in Ann Arbor (SE michigan), and had an unusual 3 pairs of scarlet tanagers, instead of the usual one. Not a very good sample size, admittedly Laurent On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Laura Gooch wrote:

[nfc-l] Ebird and NFC protocol

2013-02-20 Thread Laurent Fournier
Hi all* *Now that the first night flights are only a few weeks away, I was reviewing the ebird NFC protocol, and was a bit puzzled by those 2 paragraphs : * "Documentation:* Many NFCs are difficult to identify, and some locally rare species may be more easily detected through NFCs than through tr

Re: [nfc-l] Gray-cheeked Thrush Examples

2012-10-05 Thread Laurent Fournier
I second Laura. The old bird website has tons of warblers and sparrows NFC, but I would love to have more thrushes NFC. Swaisson, Wood, Veery, Hermit Thrush, anyone? Laurent On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Laura Gooch wrote: > Chris, > > Thanks! This kind of thing is very useful to those of

Re: [nfc-l] roll call!

2012-04-03 Thread Laurent Fournier
I am just starting here in Ann Arbor, Michigan (South East Michigan). I mean really starting, as it is my first season. I agree it could be fun to create a map of all the listening stations in North America! Laurent On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:54 PM, David La Puma wrote: > Can we get an update o

Re: [nfc-l] NFC protocol in eBird

2011-10-25 Thread laurent fournier
Quick, and possibly naive question :   "This protocol is not to be used for automatic detectors"...does it mean we should not enter data processed by automatic detection softwares (Tseep, for ex)? What's about data that are recorded (mic+laptop) and later processed by a human operator?   Thanks

Re: [nfc-l] Spectrogram Catalog

2011-10-12 Thread Laurent Fournier
Christina Xeno Canto is one. On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Christina Kisiel wrote: > ** > I hesitate to ask this, since I am afraid the answer is obvious, but I will > risk it anyway :) > > Is there a (free) online resource that shows spectrograms for all bird > species - not just their ni

[nfc-l] hardware question from a beginner, recorder, preamp, etc

2011-06-14 Thread laurent fournier
Hi All I am currently in the process of building the "flower pot mic" described in the "oldbird" website. 2 questions : - any tip about which preamp I should use? (does everyone uses one?). The old bird website only mention the Rolls MP13 preamp ($70 on Amazon.com), but I noticed others ava