So seeing a bird thru the viewfinder of a mirror less camera does not count but thru a DSLR would count according to those rules. It maybe time to make some adjustments for new technologies.
By the way field biology studies use camera for various reasons including censuses Sent from mobile device > On Jul 29, 2021, at 9:33 AM, Robert Lewis <rfer...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > This question was asked and answered many years ago. You can't count a bird > for any life list that you see on television. It's the same with today's > video cams. It's a reconstructed image via pixels. > > There is a continuous progression: the lens in your eye -> eye glasses -> > lenses in binocular or telescope. > > Bob Lewis > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 11:46:47 PM EDT, rcech <rc...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > > > Depends on what you mean by real. > > In last Harry Potter epidode Harry is in a heaven-like place discussing his > last Voldermort encounter with Dumbledor. > > "Professor," Harry asked, "Is this all real or is it just in my head?" > > "Of course it's all in your head, dear boy, but that doesn't mean it's not > real." > > I suppose ABA needs rules on this sort of thing. When is a mental image > recordable - always, or is this source-dependent? They have rules for > everything else, after all. > > I'd recommend doing whatever you want, actually. It's your life list, after > all. > > Just saying... > > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: gle...@verizon.net > Date: 7/28/21 11:10 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu > Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Cold Spring Harbor Spoonbill Stuff > > Steve Walter’s spoonbill post got me thinking. > > Occasionally, when I’m bored at work, I’ll turn on the live East Hampton > Beach Cam just to see what I can see. Surf, weather, birds, etc. > > I’ve been able to identify things like Barn Swallow, Sanderling, even LBB > Gull. Would these count for Suffolk? > > With binoculars, light is bent through the lens arrangement to focus on your > retinas. > > With the webcam, light is focused onto a CMOS chip, converted to zeros and > ones, beamed to a satellite, beamed back to my computer, and then focused on > my retinas. > Same thing, right? The time difference between the two is negligible. > > I know, I know, it’s not the same. But it is “live” in the sense of time, and > very real. (Not like that great Tom Brady video this week of him playing > catch with a football passing machine). > > What if I happen to see a Yellow-nosed Albatross cruise across my monitor one > day? Can I count it and, better yet, should I even report it….. > > The problems of the modern age. > > > > > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > ABA > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > > -- > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > ABA > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > > -- > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
