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.

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For More Information

For more information contact info@brooklinebirdclub.org.

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled). [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled). [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled). [...]

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