Avian Acoustic Monitoring Update: Spring and Fall Migration 2014

Avian Acoustic Monitoring Update: Spring and Fall Migration 2014

December 9, 2014

This report summarizes the avian acoustic monitoring efforts for spring and fall migration in
2014.

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Avian Acoustic Monitoring: Spring and Fall Migration 2014 Debbie Leick Kate Stone

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Summary

Methods

The audio review followed the same methods used for the 2012 pilot study and the 2013 recordings. To extract calls, we used automated software detectors, “tseep” and “thrush” (Old Bird, Inc.). The “tseep” detector extracts short bursts of high-frequency calls (6 - 10 kHz) from warblers and sparrows like the Vesper Sparrow (below).