Nocturnal flight calls last night

[Weston Barker]

After seeing some stunning radar images, I spent about a 1/2 hour outside listening in my yard in Topsham last night, and vocalizing birds migrating overhead were very abundant. I also spent another half hour directly afterwards listening from my window. 

The NFC's that I heard were led by Swainson's Thrushes (28 individuals) and Veeries (29), followed by a good number of Northern Parulas. Many were calls that I could not identify.

During roughly 1 hour of listening, I heard 154 birds call overhead. 

So thrilling to hear -- this will never get old for me!

-Weston Barker

[duch...@midmaine.com]

Another thing that is fun about big nocturnal movements is the daylight
fallout activity that follows. My yard was a menagerie of foraging frenzy
all day today. Where there were no warblers yesterday, today the warblers
included black-throated green, black-and-white, bay-breasted, magnolia,
northern parula, blackpoll, Canada, and yellow-rumped. They were joined by
both kinglets, blue-headed vireos...and a Swainson's thrush that sat on
the porch rail. Alas, it's a clear night with pleasant skies, so I fear
they will be gone by morning.

Bob Duchesne

[Sarah Caputo]

Late night dog run netted about 6 overhead chirps, big flight night.

Sarah

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