We sure had a nice variety of migrants this morning here in northern Franklin
County. Just walking around here we got 44 species. Better than we did at Pine
Mountain Monday. Along with our usuals it was nice to see small flocks of both
Wood and Swainson’s thrushes, a number of bay-breasted and TN warblers,
magnolia, Nashville, black-throated green, Blackburnian, Chestnut sided and
parula warblers in ones or twos. With monarchs floating south along our white
wing stem and goldenrod -lined driveway, it was a lovely migration morning!
Joyce Bender, northern Franklin County
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On Sep 20, 2022, at 11:11 AM, brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Not much different at all here on my family's farm today it seems. I think
last night was one of those that Birdcast interpretation could be really
wrong about. Bird movement is really a pretty simple thing and you can over
think it very easily (which I believe Birdcast is often doing). Central KY
was mired in a relatively moist, stagnant airmass last night. I really
wouldn't have expected a lot to have moved in overnight. Now maybe there was
decent movement to our north where you would have been situated north of the
warm front and some steering northish winds were likely present, but there
doesn't seem to be much reason to think that we'd have a big wave that either
passed over us or settled in last night. There WILL be a ton of turnover
after the next frontal passage with strong north push by winds after it. Due
to lingering clouds and showers, we might not fully realize that turnover
until Friday, but it will certainly occur.
bpb, Louisville
-----Original Message-----
From: <ronan.o.carra@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sep 20, 2022 7:45 AM
To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [birdky] Biggest night of migration of the season.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birdcast was showing last night as being the
highest migration night over Kentucky for the season (Peak migration was
estimated as being over 40 million birds in the air). This morning from 5am
there was a constant flow of Thrushes calling over my house in Lexington. If
one was away from the traffic it would have been something to listen to (if
you can hear over the sounds of crickets). Birding in the mornings after
these movements helps to determine how accurate these calculations are. There
are some nights that are calculated as being really high and I’ve not found
many birds the next morning but I always keep looking.
Ronan O’Carra
Lexington
