Me, too. After Connie's post I tried too about 9:00. I'm seeing about one/minute - but just now a flock of 7 somethings. One going North (!). Coolest is seeing VERY HIGH distant dots taking 10-12 seconds to cross the moon. Couldn't see activity in binoculars, but am with 50x spotting scope. On Aug 24, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Ted Floyd wrote:
Too cool, Thanks Connie! Steve Brown Colorado Springs > > Hello, Birders. > > Ah, "new media." Just saw this tweet from Connie Kogler: > >> Go moonbirding now! It's amazing. >> 26 minutes ago via web from Uptown, Denver > > So I stepped outside, put my bins to the moon, and saw a bird flying "left to > right" (north to south) across the disk of the moon. Then another. Then > another. Then more. > > It looks like a pretty high-altitude flight, what with the very gentle winds > out of the northwest right now. But a few of the birds are lower, as I heard > a likely Brewer's Sparrow and a pretty definite Wilson's Warbler. > > If you're online now, get off the computer while the moon is still pretty low > in the sky, and go outside and watch. You need binoculars or a scope of > course. Viewing tip: Go straight from your brightly lit monitor to somewhere > well lit outside. You do NOT want for your eyes to adjust to the dark, as the > nearly full moon, seen through bins, will seem blindingly bright to > dark-adjusted eyes. Just go straight outside, point your bins at the moon, > and marvel. > > Thanks, Connie! > > ------------------------------- > > Ted Floyd > Editor, Birding > > Follow Birding magazine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine > > ------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
