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