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Yesterday afternoon was a nice clear one on Wyman Road, just south of Yarmouth. I was watching a small plane leave from the airport when a couple of long-winged flutterers flew into view. The shape and the windows on the wings bespoke of nighthawks, headed west. Not sure of their elevation, but it was well above tree level! -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of John Kearney Sent: September-26-14 3:17 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Nocturnal Migration at Amherst for the Week of September 15-21 Hi All, Night flight calls were down by a third this week with most warbler and thrush species declining in number and sparrows just barely holding their own. The heavy rains on the night of September 21-22 grounded a flight that started earlier in the evening but it was by no means a significant fall-out. The total night flight calls for the week was 793 and the most common species was Blackpoll Warbler with 111 flight calls. Swainson's Thrush was down to just 57 calls for the week. Savannah Sparrow was the most common sparrow at 94 calls, about the same as the week before. Rare or uncommon birds of the week included a Vesper Sparrow and an Orange-crowned Warbler (the first for this season). Two short "whip" calls, 90 minutes apart, on the night of September 18-19, sounded like and had a spectrogram of a Myiarchus Flycather (such as Great-crested or Ash-throated). A summary of the week is given below. John Species/ Calls Blackpoll Warbler 111 Magnolia Warbler 95 Savannah Sparrow 94 Swainson's Thrush 57 Unidentified warblers of the genus Setophaga 49 Common Yellowthroat 47 Black-throated Green Warbler 44 Ovenbird 34 Unidentified warbler 31 Bay-breasted Warbler 29 White-throated Sparrow 29 Chestnut-sided Warbler 24 Northern Parula 24 Semipalmated Plover 23 Yellow-rumped Warbler 13 Unidentified sparrow 12 Unidentified songbird 8 Black-and-White Warbler 7 Blackburnian Warbler 7 Mourning Warbler 7 Black-throated Blue Warbler 6 Hermit Thrush 6 American Redstart 5 Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow 4 Chipping Sparrow 3 Unidentified warbler of the genus Oreothlypis 3 Palm Warbler 3 Bobolink 2 Nashville Warbler 2 Northern Waterthrush 2 Wilson's Warbler 2 Unidentified flycatcher of the genus Myiarchus 2 American Woodcock 1 Canada Warbler 1 Cape May Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Vesper Sparrow 1 Black-bellied Plover 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Grand Total 793
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