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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-2--965823858 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jane, There's nice tips on counting birds and other bird feeder issues at Cornell's Project Feederwatch site. The page on counting birds is at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/InstruxandUpdates/TrickyCounts.htm Cheers, Andy Horn Halifax On 14-Dec-09, at 12:25 PM, David&Jane Schlosberg wrote: > Fulton asked us to take part in the feeder count, so I started to > practice, as I am a novice at this. When a flock visits, they are > mostly in the bushes behind the feeders. How in heck do I count > them??? Back and forth from bush to feeder, chasing one another and > then hidden....yikes! And, Fulton, since you alerted us to the > possibility of dickcissels, I've been seeing them all over the > place. Of course, I know I'm really seeing female and immature > house sparrows. I looked at all the photos I could find in our > books and on the internet, and now I'm more confused than ever. The > "no forehead" advice hasn't helped, but probably that's because I > haven't actually seen a dickcissel yet. > > Are there tips for counting that I can read, in the archive or on a > website? > > Thanks. > > Jane Schlosberg > --Apple-Mail-2--965823858 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Jane,<div><br></div><div>There's nice tips on counting birds and other = bird feeder issues at Cornell's Project Feederwatch site. The page on = counting birds is at <a = href=3D"http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/InstruxandUpdates/TrickyCounts.ht= m">http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/InstruxandUpdates/TrickyCounts.htm</a>= </div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/InstruxandUpdates/TrickyCounts.ht= m"></a>Cheers,</div><div>Andy = Horn</div><div>Halifax</div><div><br><div><div>On 14-Dec-09, at 12:25 = PM, David&Jane Schlosberg wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = id=3D"ridBody" background=3D"cid:968281416@14122009-28c0" = style=3D"margin-top: 25px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); margin-left: 25px; font-size: 10pt; "><p><span = class=3D"968281416-14122009">Fulton asked us to take part in the feeder = count, so I started to practice, as I am a novice at this. When a = flock visits, they are mostly in the bushes behind the feeders. = How in heck do I count them??? Back and forth from bush to feeder, = chasing one another and then hidden....yikes! And, Fulton, since = you alerted us to the possibility of dickcissels, I've been seeing them = all over the place. Of course, I know I'm really seeing female and = immature house sparrows. I looked at all the photos I could find = in our books and on the internet, and now I'm more confused than = ever. The "no forehead" advice hasn't helped, but probably that's = because I haven't actually seen a dickcissel yet.</span></p><p><span = class=3D"968281416-14122009">Are there tips for counting that I can = read, in the archive or on a website?</span></p><p><span = class=3D"968281416-14122009">Thanks.</span></p><p><span = class=3D"968281416-14122009">Jane = Schlosberg</span></p></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-2--965823858--
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