Thanks for the details. I had a few thoughts about your report:1) Anyone who is still at work after 5:30, who sees something wished-for but wildly unlikely which no one else has seen and which mysteriously disappears the moment they glance away... mybe that person has been working too hard.2)
with some of those troublesome life birds. Much easier
than pishing for hedgerow birds.
This will change birdwatching forever! (8-)
ChrisP
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Thanks for the details. I had a few thoughts about your report:
1) Anyone who is still at work after 5:30
Dave and Ken,
Ken, I hope you noticed it was April 2 and not April 1. You seemed to have
somehow missed the date. Working too hard?
Dave as for your this comment,
3) The Lab needs to put a few of its high-quality cameras on the building
facing out to verify some of these crazy reports,
Walking into the building a few moments ago I had a flock of at least 8
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS sitting in the trees north of the Lab building, just east of
the feeders, along the edge of the service drive.
They called, flew off over the building, circled back overhead, and then I lost
them.
But,
On Apr 3, 2013, at 7:07 AM, Chris Pelkie wrote:
Google Glasses are the answer.
Check out Eagle Optics' new Wild Turkey binoculars, just introduced on Monday:
http://youtu.be/a53w35--K8k
Suan
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McGowan
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Walking into the building a
Hi,
I never imagined that technology could or would be harnessed to actually dumb
down birding . The wild turkey binoc is, in my opinion, a very bad idea and
takes most of the fun out of birding. If this thing sells it is a truly sad day
for nature study . I only hope it is the dismal failure
Okay folks, let's keep a thread titled BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on topic, shall
we?
Topically, these birds are still around but being very tough to see. Livia
and I had them fly over in the distance heading south around 9:30, then one
perched up in one of the trees on the island just outside the
I didn't have much time with the Bohemian Waxwings this morning, but I put a
few photos at
https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Spring2013#586264982791996 and
the next few after that.
Time to hit the trails and try for them again!
Kevin
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Checked out a few spots this cold morning looking vainly for hints of nesting.
Sapsucker Woods had a singing Fox Sparrow and Rusty Blackbirds (both heard
only) at the Sherwood Platform, singing Brown Creepers, White-breasted
Nuthatches nattering, seven Hooded Mergansers on the pond, plus a
Nice, Kevin! That last shot was the angle I had on the flock yesterday evening.
At least I wasn't hallucinating!
KEN
Ken Rosenberg
Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
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Seems to be camped at our feeders, enjoying suet and sunflower
hearts. --Sandy Podulka
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