I'm posting this at the request of Jay Pitocchelli.
Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN
On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Jay Pitocchelli <jpitocch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
TN Birds,
I recently joined the TN Birds list but I cannot post to it (Closed post -
True). I would like to post a one-time request for assistance recording
Mourning Warbler songs for a migration study on this species. I am asking
birders to send me smartphone recordings as part of a Citizens Science
project. There is a copy of my proposed posting below.
Is it possible to get permission to post or have someone post it for me?
Dr. Jay Pitocchelli
Biology Department
Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH 03102
Subject: Request for assistance - recordings of migrating Mourning Warbler
songs
Post text: I am writing once again to ask the birding community for
recordings of Mourning Warbler songs during spring migration. It is an
opportunity to participate in a Citizens Science Project with two specific
goals. 1) Evaluate the use of birdsong as a new tool for studying bird
migration. 2) Determine whether different song populations of Mourning
Warblers (Western, Eastern, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland) migrate together or
separately to their respective areas of the species’ breeding range. This
posting is for year three of this project. I am making substantial
progress and want to thank everyone who has contributed so far.
All you need to contribute is a smartphone with a voice recording app and
some luck. The web page link below describes the project and how to make
recordings on your Smartphone in more detail (note - I have also been able
to make recordings from videos that birders have sent me).
MOWA song mapper
http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/jpitocch/ornithology/MOWAmapp
er/MOWASongmapper.html
Here is a link to the recent national Audubon Society story on this
research.
Audubon Society reporting
http://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2017/this-guy-mapping
-how-warblers-migrate-just
If you manage to get some recordings, please send them to the Mourning
Warbler Sound Lab (jpitocchATanselm.edu). I would really appreciate
your help and contributions to this Citizens Science Project.
Dr. Jay Pitocchelli
Biology Department
Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH 03102
