Saturday night (5/31) was a fairly decent night, but with low species diversity, consisting primarily of a cleanup flight of Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrushes of about equal numbers – perhaps 40-50 of each.
There were at least 14 Black-billed Cuckoo calls from at least 10 individuals. Two (2) Yellow-billed Cuckoos also called (one at 00:50 and another at 03:18). Biggest surprise was an apparent distant BARN OWL which called three times early Sunday morning (6/1) between 00:08 and 00:09. These three Barn Owl clips may be downloaded and listened to at the Mail Archive for the message posted to the Night Flight Call eList (NFC-L), here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01095.html Sunday night (6/1) was very quiet, probably due to the breezy winds out of the South. There was either minimal migration or any migrants simply were not calling. The only birds calling as night migrants last night were a single Black-billed Cuckoo, one Yellow-billed Cuckoo, one Alder Flycatcher and a pre-dawn Ovenbird in song. Good night listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 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: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
