Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Re: [vernalpool] rain before, not during: Big Night uncertainty

My experience suggests that a good steady rain is necessary. In Boston
we're expecting a good soaking rain, but ending by 5. I'll anticipate
seeing some animals in my pools, but not a big night sort of event as a
result. I've always been somewhat surprised by how the cessation of rain
(particularly early in the season) stops the action in its tracks.

Matt

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:48 PM, speedylth <ltheady@gw.dec.state.ny.us>wrote:

>
>
>
> I'd like to find out whether folks have observed Big Nights on evenings w/o
> rain, but when there has been significant precipitation during the previous
> 24 hours. From my limited experience of three years, I've always observed
> Big Nights with rainfall. I understand that rainfall in the previous 24
> hours has been shown an important variable to migration in Timm et al.
> (2006) and other studies, but don't know if the same holds true if the
> ground is still wet but it's not actually raining during the evening and
> night.
>
> Any help is much appreciated! We may have this weather scenario in the
> forecast, and I'm uncertain about alerting our crossing scouts.
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
> Laura Heady
> Hudson River Estuary Program
> Biodiversity Outreach Coordinator
>
> NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
> in cooperation with Cornell University
> 21 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY 12561
> Phone: 845-256-3061 Fax: 845-255-3649
> ltheady@gw.dec.state.ny.us
> www.dec.ny.gov/lands/4920.html
>
>
>


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