Re: [nfc-l] Migration Moonwatching Project - 2009

[Andy Martin]

David La Puma wrote:
Hey All

We (Mike Lanzone, Andrew Farnsworth and I) are attempting to pull 
together a nationwide moonwatching event beginning tomorrow night and 
continuing through next week. We have come up with some protocols, 
borrowed from the work of many others and modified to suit our needs, 
and posted them on the following webpage: 
http://www.woodcreeper.com/moonwatching-2009/


2 questions.

1) Are some nocturnal migrants small enough and high enough (on certain 
nights) that you would miss seeing them pass in front of moon even with 
a scope? I know how small a migrating Broad-winged Hawk can look at 
midday when they pass over at high altitude.

2) My eye gets "harshed out" a bit from moonwatching through a scope. 
Does anyone use a camera filter of some type when moonwatching for long 
periods of time? I know my Swarovski 65 can supposedly take a 67mm filter.

Thanks for advice,

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg, MD



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