Google Glasses are the answer. Soon they will be able to: 1. Record everything you see so you can prove you are not wacky (this will be necessary since you will look wacky with the glasses on)
2. Project anything you aren't seeing but would like to into your field of view. This will help with some of those troublesome life birds. Much easier than pishing for hedgerow birds. This will change birdwatching forever! (8-) ChrisP On 20130403, at 05:05 , <[email protected]> wrote: > 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... maaaaybe that person has been working too hard. > 2) Every serious birder should have a buddy on speed-dial who they can call > without even looking at their phone so the buddy can report the rare bird to > everyone else, while the observer continues observing until someone else > arrives. I lost track of the Tufted Duck while texting, and I've heard > others' similar stories. > 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, such as fly-by Little Blue > Herons. > Congratulation, Ken, and I hope someone re-finds the birds (it will restore > faith in your sanity). > --Dave Nutter > > On Apr 03, 2013, at 12:21 AM, "Kenneth V. Rosenberg" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Here are a few more details on my hard-to-believe sighting of BOHEMIAN >> WAXWINGS at Sapsucker Woods. >> >> I noticed a flock of birds dropping into a bare treetop outside my office >> window — raising my binoculars I saw that they were waxwings and counted 16. >> Although they were facing away against the gray sky, what was most >> noticeable was the bold white linear patch on every birds' wing. This was >> perplexing at first, as the overall coloration of the birds did not strike >> me as odd, and they all appeared the same size (so had to be Cedars. >> Right?). I struggled to make out color on the under tail coverts and finally >> one bird turned and showed its dark red under tail. At this point I knew >> they were BOHEMIANS (this all took just a few seconds), so my next instinct >> was to get a photo, which would mean using my iPhone through the binoculars. >> I reached down for the phone, began to set it up to take the pictures, but >> when I glanced up the flock of birds was gone. I did not see whether they >> flew away or dropped down, or what direction they might have gone. They >> initial had come in from the south or southeast, from over the building or >> from the parking lots. >> >> I hope they stick around and someone can relocate them Sapsucker Woods >> tomorrow. I have not noticed ANY fruits around except for some withered >> black privets, but in the spring I have seen waxwings feeding on flower buds >> and petals. It is also interesting that Bohemians, even during flight >> years, tend to show up very late in the winter (March, April), even though >> they really don'e penetrate much to the south of us in these winters. >> >> Good luck to all who search for these gorgeous birds! >> >> KEN >> >> Ken Rosenberg >> Conservation Science Program >> Cornell Lab of Ornithology >> 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. >> Ithaca, NY 14850 >> (wk) 607-254-2412 >> (cell) 607-342-4594 >> [email protected] >> >> >> From: Ken Rosenberg <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Ken Rosenberg <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 21:54:29 +0000 >> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <[email protected]> >> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at Sapsucker Woods >> >> A flock of 16 — all BOHEMIANS — outside my office window 3 minutes ago. May >> have dropped down into trees or shrubs near the beginning of the Wilson >> Trail on north side of Cornell Lab building. I reached for my phone to try >> to get at picture and they were gone. >> >> KEN >> >> Ken Rosenberg >> Conservation Science Program >> Cornell Lab of Ornithology >> 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. >> Ithaca, NY 14850 >> (wk) 607-254-2412 >> (cell) 607-342-4594 >> [email protected] >> >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- ______________________ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
