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Hi Don=2C Thanks but I haven't lost anything in my high range yet and can h=
ear Blacckburnians=2C kinglets=2C blackpoll etc with no problem but the dis=
tance that Chris and Kate can hear all birds regardless of frequency is unl=
ike anything I've witnessed yet.
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From: Don MacNeill<mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net>
Sent: =E2=80=8E2015-=E2=80=8E05-=E2=80=8E17 6:27 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] I went on quite a woodlands birding outing today
Hi Keith. I have the Songfinder from the U.S. that takes all those high
frequencies and drops them down to my hearing range. I too have lost my
high frequencies. I can be in the woods and there are no birds around.
As soon as I put on the directional headphones and turn it on=2C there are
chips and songs everywhere. It cost around $700 but is great for us old
birders.
Here is their URL http://hearbirdsagain.com/
Don
Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
On 16/05/2015 9:18 PM=2C Keith Lowe wrote:
>
> I went on a woodlands trek at the end of Myra Rd today with Chris &
> Kate and wow it was unbelievable. The numbers of some of species was
> well beyond anything I thought possible around her these days. I don=E2=
=80=99t
> what the final tally of Black-throated Green and Blackburnian were and
> I won=E2=80=99t quote the number of them I think we passed because many
> wouldn=E2=80=99t believe it. Our checklist will have considerably less be=
cause
> we were counting conservatively by making sure we were well passed the
> ones we just counted before we counted more and I know we missed many
> doing that but it is the best that can be done when they are that
> plentiful.
>
> Those were the two most plentiful species but we also had good numbers
> of Winter Wren=2C Black-throated Blue=2C Magnolia=2C Black-and-white=2C
> Northern Parula=2C Blue-headed Vireo as well as 1 to a few numbers of
> many other good species. But my highlight of the day was 5
> Bay-breasted Warbler in 3 different locations (a presumed pair and 3
> singles). The first one was amazing to see=2C we were walking along the
> trail with a chorus of warblers singing then all of a sudden somehow
> Chris picked out a Bay-breasted from that and proclaimed
> =E2=80=9CBay-breasted!=E2=80=9D and went tearing into the woods. We follo=
wed and sure
> enough there was one in there.
>
> The only bummer of the day was a reality check on my hearing. More
> than a few people including me thought I had excellent hearing. Well I
> have to dial that back to saying I have quite good hearing and maybe
> very good for my age but now that I see what the excellent hearing of
> Chris and Kate can get you I=E2=80=99m not going to think I have that any=
more.
> But I did get see or hear pretty much everything today but I often had
> to stop and concentrate on picking out the single species. I don=E2=80=99=
t
> know how many times I had to do that for Blackburnian today but it was
> unbelievable=E2=80=94and often we could hear 2 or 3 in the same area.
>
> The terrain there is quite tough to navigate and while I don=E2=80=99t kn=
ow
> for sure and I don=E2=80=99t know if Chris would have the time but I got =
the
> impression that Chris would like to lead an event into there during
> breeding season if there were enough bush-whacking (not much)=2C
> swamp-crawling (quite a bit) =2C hard-core birders that would go on it.
> I=E2=80=99m in!
>
> Thanks Chris and Kate=2C I sure learned a lot today and saw some
> fabulous habitat.
>
> Keith Lowe
>
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Blacckburnians=2C kinglets=2C blackpoll etc with no problem but the distanc=
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<div style=3D"background-color:#FFFFFF"><font face=3D"Calibri">Hi Keith.&nb=
sp=3B I have the Songfinder from the U.S. that takes all those high frequen=
cies and drops them down to my hearing range. =3B I too have lost my hi=
gh frequencies. =3B I can be in the woods and there are
no birds around. =3B As soon as I put on the directional headphones an=
d </font>turn it on=2C there are chips and songs everywhere. =3B It cos=
t around $700 but is great for us old birders.<br>
<br>
Here is their URL =3B =3B <a class=3D"x_moz-txt-link-freetext" href=
=3D"http://hearbirdsagain.com/">
http://hearbirdsagain.com/</a><br>
<br>
Don<br>
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<div class=3D"x_moz-signature">Don MacNeill <a class=3D"x_moz-txt-link-abbr=
eviated" href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net">
donmacneill@bellaliant.net</a></div>
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