Awesome Matt! Great post. One thing that bugs me about recording for NFCs
(night flight calls) in the fall (especially in Sept) is well, the bugs!
Specifically, all the noise they make. Much easier to listen for night
migrants in May than now. I never would have thought to go closer to urban
noise to get away from an even louder seasonal natural noise source. Would
you mind me forwarding your post to the NFC listserve? and can you tell me
how many stories the garage is? I may start looking for a similar location
around Gaithersburg.
Andy Martin
Gaithersburg, MD
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Matt Hafner <hafner.matt...> wrote:
> I tested a hypothesis I had that there would be good night listening
> conditions at the Bel Air Parking Garage. The results exceeded my
> expectations! At 4am, it was very quiet in town, but still very well-lit
> (key to night listening). The parking garage lifted me above the local
> cricket noise and any air conditioners, cars, etc. So the lights brought
> the birds down to closer to my level and the elevation of the garage
> eliminated much of the background noise.
>
> I counted specific flight calls that I heard, I did not try to estimate
> species. In 29 minutes of listening, I tallied 425 flight calls, over 250
> from warblers. Outside of warblers, Swainson's Thrushes and Rose-breasted
> Grosbeaks dominated. I hope to try to this again soon and maybe get some
> people to join me out there. I'll try to see when the conditions will be
> right again.
>
> Full list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11595217
>
> Good listening!
>
> Matt Hafner
> Forest Hill, MD
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