August 1, 2012
Richard Stevens:
Late last night I returned to Banner Lakes Wildlife Area (Weld) and set up two "migrating listening stations". I prefer this area as the stations can be assembled far from noisy traffic.
I went back early this morning to gather the listening stations. They do cost over $200 to assemble and losing them and the data is always a concern.
I arrived about an hour before civil twilight. The night was filled with bird songs/calls as usual. Again, Chipping Sparrows were the most numerous bird heard migrating overhead. As stated before, there are quite a few birds that I am not able to identify by their flight notes. I hope that experience would assist with that problem.
On the way home, I stopped off at Barr Lake (Adams). Only a few shorebirds ran around the northern shore. Most probably are out on one of the sandbars, too far away to identify. The Royal Tern was once again quite a ways offshore (but there)!
It is currently raining and I plan to skip putting the "migration listening stations" out tonight.
Richard Stevens:
Late last night I returned to Banner Lakes Wildlife Area (Weld) and set up two "migrating listening stations". I prefer this area as the stations can be assembled far from noisy traffic.
I went back early this morning to gather the listening stations. They do cost over $200 to assemble and losing them and the data is always a concern.
I arrived about an hour before civil twilight. The night was filled with bird songs/calls as usual. Again, Chipping Sparrows were the most numerous bird heard migrating overhead. As stated before, there are quite a few birds that I am not able to identify by their flight notes. I hope that experience would assist with that problem.
On the way home, I stopped off at Barr Lake (Adams). Only a few shorebirds ran around the northern shore. Most probably are out on one of the sandbars, too far away to identify. The Royal Tern was once again quite a ways offshore (but there)!
It is currently raining and I plan to skip putting the "migration listening stations" out tonight.
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