cool NFC

Heard this live at 11:04PM just now, and recorded it.

https://soundcloud.com/user9140545/mystery-ybcu-26-may-2013

First time ever!

Number 67 for the year, this morning:

nice pickup for this time of year

NOT a species I see many places after waterfowl migration in Kent County! Not too sure what he's doing here away from a nice marsh but I'll take it...

PS- JOKA, don't even think about mentioning the H word

Another expected one

https://soundcloud.com/user9140545/carw-21-may-2013-kentwood-mi

A tally of slow migration in the yard

1 Slogging along with continuing north and east winds. Here are the last 20 additions to my yard this year: Eastern Wood-Pewee 18 May 2013 2 Acadian Flycatcher 18 May 2013 3 Least Flycatcher 16 May 2013 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 16 May 2013 5 Magnolia Warbler 15 May 2013 6 Eastern Kingbird 15 May 2013 7 Red-eyed Vireo 15 May 2013 8 Common Yellowthroat 15 May 2013 9 Chestnut-sided Warbler 15 May 2013 10 Pine Siskin 15 May 2013 11 Nashville Warbler 14 May 2013 12 Palm Warbler 14 May 2013 13 Pine Warbler 14 May 2013 14 Scarlet Tanager 14 May 2013 15 Peregrine Falcon 12 May 2013 16 Veery 11 May 2013 17 Indigo Bunting 11 May 2013 18 American Redstart 08 May 2013 19 Warbling Vireo 05 May 2013 20 Black-throated Green Warbler 04 May 2013

Bee Bee BUzz? Bee Bee Bummer.

 I heard my first "winged-warbler" ever this morning in my neighbors cedars (swamp lair) but I just had a feeling it wasn't going to pan out as a whole number and it didn't.  Probably the only time someone is going to gripe seeing a Brewster's Warbler but it wasnt that much of a gripe...

At least I held out til mid-May before asking, but . . .

. . . I give up--where the hell is the 2013 spreadsheet?

Not the way I expected to get this one

Though my lack of listening effort explains it. Box is about 25 feet high, and was occupied within a week of its erection.

Life Yardie # 189

With a whinny I finally put Sora to bed.  It was 2010, I think, I heard a distant one in the Marsh and thought "I'll wait for a definative one that I can enjoy".  That moment never happened.  Last nights bird responded to a broadcast -- still distant in the marsh, but at least I got 2 whinnies, and two whinnies are better than one.

Life Yardbird 197

A long awaited waterbird finally flew through the yard today. A female Hooded Merg gave a brief appearance over the south field bringing my life yard list to 197!

Overall great movement of birds the last couple days. 
Yesterday:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13953019
Today:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13963474

another one

Haven't added this yet, b/c i don't know what it is. But my guess is it's either going to be Virginia Rail (leaning heavily) or Common Tern. Thoughts?

https://soundcloud.com/user9140545/unknown-1-may-2013-2238-hrs

Either way I get a yard lifer out of it. It was last night within 1 hour after dark.

All about the mic, bitches

At dusk I was listening to the sky via my microphone when this happened at 2135 hrs:

https://soundcloud.com/user9140545/ewpw-kentwood-mi-1-may-2013?in=user9140545/sets/nfcs-kentwood-mi-1-may-2013



and then within 1 minute later, this:

https://soundcloud.com/user9140545/sosa-kentwood-mi-1-may-2013?in=user9140545/sets/nfcs-kentwood-mi-1-may-2013



back to back yard lifers. The first of these two I didn't even record for Kent County in the entirety of 2012! Major yard score. CUDY has had one in his back yard for 2 days now too...