All,

Last night, I joined Bill Evans (co-creator of the CD "Flight Calls of
Migratory Birds") in the Glen as he tried to capture thermal image
video of migrating birds.  Unfortunately, the weather skunked us out.
He had come down that day from NY, hoping to observe a good night
flight for his ongoing research.  He selected a location in the
central part of Glen Helen, near where Grinnell Rd. and the Little
Miami bisect the preserve.  We had a handful of Swainson's thrushes
fly over, heard a barred owl, and saw a screech owl hunting roadside,
but other than that, it was a quiet night.  Looking at the radar, Bill
would have found a much more productive spot for his research if he
had decided to set up his instruments a hundred miles west of us.

More on Bill and his research at oldbird.org

In other news, we're still seeing some summer residents in the Glen.
Yellow-throated vireo continues to sing outside my office.

-Nick

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Nick Boutis
Director, Glen Helen Ecology Institute
Antioch College
405 Corry St.
Yellow Springs, OH 45387

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937-769-1902
www.glenhelen.org

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