John F. Kearney & Associates

The data in the table below represents the number of night flight calls of nocturnally migrating bird species during the autumn of 2011 over Beechill Cove in Doctor's Brook, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Calls were recorded using the Old Bird 21c microphone and pre-amp and analyzed using Tseep-x and Thrush-x software (see www.oldbird.org).


Legend:

VEER=Veery; SWTH=Swainson's Thrush; HETH=Hermit Thrush; THSP=Unspecified Thrush;

NOPA=Northern Parula, CSWA=Chestnut-sided Warbler; BTBW=Black-throated Blue Warbler;

YRWA=Yellow-rumped Warbler; BTNW=Black-throated Green Warbler; AMRE=American Redstart; OVEN=Ovenbird;

NOWA=Northern Waterthrush; COYE=Common Yellowthroat; WIWA=Wilson's Warbler; CAWA=Canada Warbler;

WTSP=White-throated Sparrow

WS=Wind Speed in Beaufort Scale; WD=Wind Direction; PR=Precipitation; <2400=before midnight; >2400=after midnight Click on number in total column to download sound clips of flight calls



Night
 Time
 24-25 July
2116-0512
25-26 July
2115-0513
26-27 July
2114-0515
27-28 July
2113-0516
28-29 July
2112-0517
29-30 July
2111-0518
30-31 July
2109-0519
31 Jl-1 Au
2107-0521
   
 VEER  SWTH  HETH  THSP  NOPA  CSWA  BTBW  YRWA  BTNW  AMRE  OVEN  NOWA  COYE  WIWA  CAWA  WTSP  Other  Total
                       1       1 0
2
  1     4       2
4             5 16
                                4 4
  2                             2 4
  2       4
       6
   2         15
29
         1 1
        1
          4
7
                                 0 0
   1     1
         10         2
1
50
65
                                   
WS
 WD  PR  WS  WD  PR
1  SW  No  2 SW No
3 SW No 2 S No
3 SE  Yes 3
SE No
1
SE No 1 E
Yes
 1 NW
No
1
W
No
3
SW
No
3
SW
No
3 NE
Yes
3
N
No
1
N
Yes
1
SW
No
           
 <2400  >2400

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