Sound Trap Recordings

May 18, 2007 - Having technical difficulties with the sound system 
May26 - System deactivated until further notice

Western Catskill Mountains, New York
The sound trap is set to capture the songs of birds on the edge of a beech/maple woodland at an altitude of 2,300 feet.
Currently the trap operates every day from 5:30 AM to 6:00 PM EDT from April through September.
The recordings are available at 7:00 PM of the day of recording
Only the first thirty of the recordings that meet the criteria are uploaded
This is the 12th year of operation
Weather at the site
For information contact me at:gkunk@catskill.net


Birds to expect

Species

Genus species

Abrev April      May-June Jul-Aug

American Crow

 Corvus brachyrhynchos AMCR x x x
American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

AMRE

  

x

x

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

AMGO

 x    

American Robin

 Turdus migratorius

AMRO

 x x x
Black-and-White Warbler Mniotilta varia BAWW X

Black-throated Blue Warbler

 Dendroica caerulescens

BBWA

   x x

Black-throated Green Warbler

 Dendroica  virens

BTWA

   x x

Black-capped Chickadee

 Poecile atricapillus

BCCH

 x x x

Blue Jay

 Cyanocitta cristata

BLJA

 x x x

Chestnut-sided Warbler

 Dendroica pensylvanica

CSWA

   x x
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

CHSP

 x x  

Dark-eyed Junco

 Junco hyemalis

DEJU

 x    

Eastern Phoebe

 Sayornis phoebe

EAPH

 x x x

Eastern Wood Peewee

 Contopus virens

EWPE

 x    

Hooded Warbler

 Wilsonia citrina

HOWA

   x  

Indigo Bunting

 Passerina cyanea

INBU

   x x

Mourning Warbler

 Oporornis philadelphia

MOWA

    x   
Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla NAWA X

Ovenbird

 Seiurus aurocapillus

OVEN

   x x

Pileated Woodpecker

 Dryocopus pileatus

PIWO

 x x x

Purple Finch

 Carpodacus purpureus

PUFI

 x    

Rose-breasted Grossbeak

 Pheucticus ludovicianus

RBGR

   x x

Red-eyed Vireo

 Vireo olivaceus

REVI

 x x x

Eastern Towhee

 Pipilo erythrophthalmus

EATO

   x x

Scarlet Tanager

 Piranga olivacea

SCTA

   x x

Song Sparrow

 Melospiza melodia

SOSP

   x  

Veery

 Catharus fuscescens

VEER

   x x

White-breasted Nuthatch

 Sitta carolinensis

WBNU

 x x  

Wild Turkey

 Meleagris gallopavo

WITU

 x x x
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina

WOTH

   x x

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

 Sphyrapicus varius

YBSA

 x x x
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata

YRWA

 x    

Yellow Warbler

 Dendroica petechia

YEWA

   x