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&#8211; 43<o:p></o:p></spa This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01CD9403.ED12FDF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nocturnal migration this week was quite spectacular. A total of 2,654 night flight calls was more than double the previous high for a week. The big push occurred the night of September 7-8 when 1,495 flight calls were recorded. Just how big a night this was relative to the rest of the fall migration is clearly illustrated in the graph on my website (http://www.johnfkearney.com/nocturnal_monitoring/). No flight calls were recorded the night of the big rain storm (September 10-11) but other than that one night, migration was steady at 100 to 330 calls per night. The most common warblers were Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Ovenbird, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and American Redstart in that order (a graph for some warbler species can also be found on my website). The most common sparrows were Savannah Sparrow, Swamp/Lincoln's Sparrow, and White-throated Sparrow. Counts on the ground would indicate that Lincoln's Sparrow dominated by far those birds in the Swamp/Lincoln's call complex. The most common thrush was Swainson's Thrush. Rare or unusual birds this week included Vesper Sparrow (total of 6 calls in 2 nights), Indigo Bunting (total of four calls in 3 nights), and Prairie Warbler (5 calls in one night). The summary of nocturnal migration over Doctor's Brook, Antigonish County, for the week beginning the evening of September 7 and ending the morning of September 14 is as follows: Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Black-capped Chickadee - 3 Veery - 3 Swainson's Thrush - 103 Northern Parula - 178 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 10 Magnolia Warbler - 158 Cape May Warbler - 47 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 36 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 61 Black-throated Green Warbler - 100 Blackburnian Warbler - 30 Palm Warbler - 7 Bay-breasted Warbler - 25 Blackpoll/Yellow Warbler - 66 Black-and-White Warbler - 44 American Redstart - 98 Prairie Warbler - 5 Other unidentified warblers of the genus Setophaga - 251 Nashville/Tennessee Warblers - 26 Ovenbird - 167 Northern Waterthrush - 8 Mourning Warbler - 81 Common Yellowthroat - 366 Wilson's Warbler - 12 Canada Warbler - 2 Other unidentified warblers - 226 Chipping Sparrow - 1 Vesper Sparrow - 6 Savannah Sparrow - 165 Song Sparrow - 16 Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow - 113 White-throated Sparrow - 102 Other unidentified sparrows - 52 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 Indigo Bunting - 4 Other unidentified songbirds - 53 Other unidentified birds - 22 Total - 2,654 ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01CD9403.ED12FDF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 14 = (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Nocturnal = migration this week was quite spectacular. A total of 2,654 night flight = calls was more than double the previous high for a week. The big push = occurred the night of September 7-8 when 1,495 flight calls were = recorded. Just how big a night this was relative to the rest of the fall = migration is clearly illustrated in the graph on my website (<a = href=3D"http://www.johnfkearney.com/nocturnal_monitoring/">http://www.joh= nfkearney.com/nocturnal_monitoring/</a>). No flight calls were recorded = the night of the big rain storm (September 10-11) but other than that = one night, migration was steady at 100 to 330 calls per = night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> = </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The most = common warblers were Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Ovenbird, = Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and American Redstart in = that order (a graph for some warbler species can also be found on my = website). The most common sparrows were Savannah Sparrow, = Swamp/Lincoln’s Sparrow, and White-throated Sparrow. Counts on the = ground would indicate that Lincoln’s Sparrow dominated by far = those birds in the Swamp/Lincoln’s call complex. The most common = thrush was Swainson’s Thrush.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> = </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Rare or = unusual birds this week included Vesper Sparrow (total of 6 calls in 2 = nights), Indigo Bunting (total of four calls in 3 nights), and Prairie = Warbler (5 calls in one night).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> = </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The = summary of nocturnal migration over Doctor’s Brook, Antigonish = Count