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Hi,
Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view), photographi=
c equipment has become so advanced and taking photographs so inexpensive th=
at =91shoot first, identify after=92 is a technique that is gaining favor. =
I know a number of birders who have hung up their binoculars and now carry =
only a camera with long lens. Their gear allows them to shoot many photos a=
second so they point, shoot and look through the photos on their camera=92=
s view screen to identify what they photographed.
The obvious plus is that they always have photographic evidence of a sighti=
ng. The negative is that I=92m seeing more people starting out their birdin=
g =91career=92 by taking photographs without learning the basics of bird id=
entification. They repeatedly submit photographs of the same common bird to=
Facebook pages or web sites asking others to identify it for them.
Cheers,
Lance
Lance Laviolette
Glen Robertson, Ontario
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
On Behalf Of Eric Mills
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 5:35 PM
To: nancy dowd <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [NatureNS] Acadian Flycatcher on Brier Island
Hi Nancy,
One-observer rarity reports bedevil rarities committees. =FDAs a compiler a=
nd monographer of Brier Island birds, my principle is to accept well docume=
nted single-observer reports by reputable observers. What to do about my ow=
n reports? I rely on my co- author Lance Laviolette to keep my toes to the =
fire.
As for eBird, its arbiters will speak for themselves when I submit the repo=
rt. I'm sure they would like a photo, but rather than grab my camera my ins=
tinct is to study a bird rather than shoot first. Many new birders shoot fi=
rst and then study the photo rather than the bird. I deprecate this. Field =
skills are hard-won.
All the best,
Eric
Eric L. Mills
Lower Rose Bay
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia
Canada
(on Brier Island)
From: nancy dowd
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 14:49
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Acadian Flycatcher on Brier Island
That is quite a sighting! Hope it sticks around for you or others to get a =
photo and/or recording. Is a detailed description, like yours, enough for i=
t to be confirmed or does this species require more?
Nancy
Sent from my iPad
On May 21, 2018, at 11:57 AM, Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca<mailto:E.Mills@Dal=
.Ca>> wrote:
A convincing Acadian Flycatcher was along the roadside of Gull Rock Road ab=
out 10am. I glimpsed it from the rear first, saw striking greenish colour f=
rom head down the back, and thought I had a Yellow-bellied. Then it turned =
and I could see whitish throat and light malar, white extending down mid- b=
reast to the belly and very pale yellowish breast sides and flanks. It was =
a big bird, with long tail and wing extension. The bill, which was substant=
ial, had a conspicuous yellowish- orange lower mandible.
At this point, before I could even raise my camera, a car, the first I had =
seen all morning, came banging down the road and the bird took off. I could=
not find it again, but I did locate a Least Flycatcher, which was useful f=
or comparison.
Eric L. Mills
Lower Rose Bay
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia
Canada
(on Brier Island)
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so inexpensive that =91shoot first, identify after=92 is a technique that =
is gaining favor. I know a number of birders who have hung up their binocul=
ars and now carry only a camera with long lens. Their gear allows them to s=
hoot many photos a second so they point,
shoot and look through the photos on their camera=92s view screen to ident=
ify what they photographed.
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