9/22 Webinar: Introduction to Nocturnal Flight Call (NFC) Recording
On September 22 at 7PM please join us to learn about Nocturnal Flight Call (NFC) Recording.
Most birders experience migration through the birds that arrive, depart, or pass overhead by day — but throughout the night, another migration is unfolding largely out of sight. This presentation will introduce nocturnal flight calls and the recordists who use them to experience and study that hidden movement. We will draw on examples from the Northeast, the history of bird sound recording, and the broader development of NFC monitoring in North America.
No technical background is needed: the goal is to open a window onto an extraordinary part of bird life happening above us while most of us are asleep, while showing interested birders where they can go next if they want to listen or record for themselves.
About the Presenter
Andrew Whitacre is a birder and sound recordist with a particular interest in nocturnal migration, acoustic monitoring, and the ways sound can reveal bird movement that often goes unnoticed. He works in communications at MIT and serves on the Brookline Bird Club board.
To Register
To register you must be a BBC member. Please log in to your member account and head over to the Member Resources page under the MEMBERS menu.
Not a member but want to listen in? Please join us! You will get access to a range of member benefits and support the local birding community.
For More Information
For more information contact info@brooklinebirdclub.org.


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