#NoPoles Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Bird update time... The wood thrushes have been extra noisy today. I've been hearing their flute-like whistles echoing through the forest in the BY all day. I have my first ever red breasted nuthatch. Looks like it'll be sticking around as I've seen it on the suet everyday over the past few days. Also saw a gold finch feeding from my hummingbird feeder this morning. Can't say I've ever seen that before. Lastly, the catbirds have been going to town on the orange halves that I leave out. I'm averaging a whole orange every 2-3 days. I'll probably have to go to Wally and buy a big bag of cheapies. Those birds are a trip with their meow calls. They have quite a variety of pretty songs too. i saw a gold finch yesterday morning, and there is bird around here whose song is the beginning bars of the Mexican Hat Dance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 i saw a gold finch yesterday morning, and there is bird around here whose song is the beginning bars of the Mexican Hat Dance lol I can't help you on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Bird update time... The wood thrushes have been extra noisy today. I've been hearing their flute-like whistles echoing through the forest in the BY all day. I have my first ever red breasted nuthatch. Looks like it'll be sticking around as I've seen it on the suet everyday over the past few days. Also saw a gold finch feeding from my hummingbird feeder this morning. Can't say I've ever seen that before. Lastly, the catbirds have been going to town on the orange halves that I leave out. I'm averaging a whole orange every 2-3 days. I'll probably have to go to Wally and buy a big bag of cheapies. Those birds are a trip with their meow calls. They have quite a variety of pretty songs too. I refer to catbirds as babblebirds... since they seem to do that more than meow. Sometimes I hear wood thrushes around the stream that runs next door. Used to have a lot of red breasted nuthatches when my mom fed the birds 15 years ago, but haven't seen one since. I had what I think was a red-winged blackbird visit one day last week. The calls were a match, but it had a mostly white band where the red should be. Looked more like this: http://previews.123rf.com/images/ca2hill/ca2hill1207/ca2hill120700033/14568608-A-male-Red-winged-Blackbird-eating-at-a-bird-feeder-in-Ontario-Canada--Stock-Photo.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 That 18z GFS run last was just the worst. Had >1" at MSS and 0.70" here at BTV through 00z tonight. NAM and Euro of course WAY under. We're sitting at 0.07" at MSS and 0.01" at BTV. Just AWFUL for an event within 12 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I refer to catbirds as babblebirds... since they seem to do that more than meow. Sometimes I hear wood thrushes around the stream that runs next door. Used to have a lot of red breasted nuthatches when my mom fed the birds 15 years ago, but haven't seen one since. I had what I think was a red-winged blackbird visit one day last week. The calls were a match, but it had a mostly white band where the red should be. Looked more like this: http://previews.123rf.com/images/ca2hill/ca2hill1207/ca2hill120700033/14568608-A-male-Red-winged-Blackbird-eating-at-a-bird-feeder-in-Ontario-Canada--Stock-Photo.jpg I used to get the red wingers a lot at my old house in Auburn. I see them off and on every spring here, but they're a bit of a nuisance since they bully the smallr birds off of the feeder. I've since tried to create two different feeder areas...one with feeders for smaller birds and one with larger bird capacity. Now I get the finches, titmice, and chickadees mostly on the smaller ones while the blue jays, woodpeckers, cardinals, and other larger birds hang out at the large feeders/suet. Then the mourning doves eat and crap underneath anything that the squirrels spill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 That 18z GFS run last was just the worst. Had >1" at MSS and 0.70" here at BTV through 00z tonight. NAM and Euro of course WAY under. We're sitting at 0.07" at MSS and 0.01" at BTV. Just AWFUL for an event within 12 hours. It was multiple runs too. Seriously wtf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 That 18z GFS run last was just the worst. Had >1" at MSS and 0.70" here at BTV through 00z tonight. NAM and Euro of course WAY under. We're sitting at 0.07" at MSS and 0.01" at BTV. Just AWFUL for an event within 12 hours. Been sprinkling here off and on for like 3 hours and never coming close to fully wetting the pavement. 0.01" in the stratus gauge lol. Even this morning it was a wet model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Been sprinkling here off and on for like 3 hours and never coming close to fully wetting the pavement. 0.01" in the stratus gauge lol. Even this morning it was a wet model. What did they get at the picnic tables? Radar looked respectable at times up there, but it was virga for sure-ga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 What did they get at the picnic tables? Radar looked respectable at times up there, but it was virga for sure-ga.Co-Op report isn't out yet...should be anytime. But I've had good visibility all day straight to the summit so I can't imagine it was much.The Davis wx station near the base area at 1600ft hasn't recorded anything measurable today but I'm not sure how automated precip is when it's this light. It's like steady sprinkles that dry up as more falls haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 This is what these radar echos have resulted in so far...haha. The Bolton Valley station just north of I89 had 0.02" at 2,100ft. Day long virga storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Beautiful weekend up north. Hope to be back soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Now it's actually raining...like puddles and stuff, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Ended up with a couple tenths of an inch this evening. Not much rain, but it's made it feel real humid with fog/mist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Got another sharx cam for the backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 LEB/DAW into the New England lead this hour with 86F each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Got another sharx cam for the backyard. pretty nice quality. Where did you get yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Got another sharx cam for the backyard. Looks good John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 pretty nice quality. Where did you get yours?Sharxsecurity.comGreat prices and awesome tech support although the cameras are really easy to setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Sharxsecurity.com Great prices and awesome tech support although the cameras are really easy to setup is that the outdoor one with IR? I see amazon has them for $319 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Another MVL ASOS fail...light rain events continue to be way underreported with all stations around the ASOS with 0.1-0.25" and it records 0.02". I've noticed if it's just raining light 0.01-0.05" per hour it records a trace. It seems to sample convective heavy rain events well though. It sucks because it's making the ASOS precip data useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Another MVL ASOS fail...light rain events continue to be way underreported with all stations around the ASOS with 0.1-0.25" and it records 0.02". I've noticed if it's just raining light 0.01-0.05" per hour it records a trace. It seems to sample convective heavy rain events well though. It sucks because it's making the ASOS precip data useless. image.jpg not sure what would cause it to underreport in lighter synoptic rains yet be okay during heavier comvective ones. Maybe the +RA dislodges a big wad of bird poo? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 not sure what would cause it to underreport in lighter synoptic rains yet be okay during heavier comvective ones. Maybe the +RA dislodges a big wad of bird poo? lol I would bet on long wavy hair clogging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 not sure what would cause it to underreport in lighter synoptic rains yet be okay during heavier comvective ones. Maybe the +RA dislodges a big wad of bird poo? lol LCI did the same thing for years... haven't noticed it lately though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 not sure what would cause it to underreport in lighter synoptic rains yet be okay during heavier comvective ones. Maybe the +RA dislodges a big wad of bird poo? lol Yeah I have no idea...I know I've had the discussion with Nittany, and several summers ago I had the discussion with Nash who is the met in charge at BTV. That summer the Stowe Village and Hyde Park CoCoRAHS stations (Stowe just south, Hyde Park just north of the ASOS) and both of then were putting up 5-7" months for Jun/Jul/Aug while MVL was about 50% at 3" per month. I don't know enough about ASOS but in light events, MVL will throw up Trace hourly reports when its light but measurable at 0.01-0.1". Like look at yesterday's obs...mostly T's when in reality they should've accumulated at least a tenth, maybe two over like 6 hours of rain. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?table=1&banner=off&sid=KMVL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 LCI did the same thing for years... haven't noticed it lately though. I wonder if the equipment is similar. I always assumed MVL was a full ASOS but maybe it's a lower quality? MPV and BTV never seem to have issues, even in the winter with snow events, the Montpelier/MPV is relatively good while MVL is horrific. Wonder if there's different equipment but have no idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 is that the outdoor one with IR? I see amazon has them for $319I've got the 3905 and 3904. Got the latter for 249 since I was existing customer. Buy direct as I think its cheaper than amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Getting hot at the valley sites below 1,000ft... BTV...86F MVL...85F 1V4...87F I've got 83F at home right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 LCI did the same thing for years... haven't noticed it lately though.LCI and EEN are terrible AWOS's. Their gauges are horrible. MVL is an ASOS and should be accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 89F here today, with a low of 65F puts today +17F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 91F at CON and PWM today FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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