From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Sep 1 15:26:46 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h81MOekX006046 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:24:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h81MMdVK005986 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:22:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from computer.comcast.net (12-234-255-153.client.attbi.com[12.234.255.153](untrusted sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <200309012222340140012mrle>; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:22:35 +0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 15:22:27 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Alvaro Jaramillo <[[email protected]]> In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Hudsonian Godwit - A new kind of birding. X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Folks I wanted to point out something that might be obvious to all of you, but then maybe not. Birding has forever changed by the introduction of cheaper digital cameras and digiscoping. A few years ago (was it 1999?) the second Hudsonian Godwit in Santa Clara County showed up in one of the sewage ponds by CCFS in Alviso. The word went out and birders came, but photo documentation was difficult. I think that I went in with Mike Rogers (if I recall correctly) and got some photos of the bird, at the time I was doing shorebird surveys in there and had access. The photos were not spectacular, but identifiable if I recall. Fast forward to today and within hours of the word going out there are superb photos of the current Hudsonian Godwits on the Internet. Documentation of rarer birds has become easier, by the digital camera - who would have predicted that? Now it is unlikely that any good shorebird will ever go undocumented by fine photos. I for one think this is great! I realize that digiscoping has its limitations with landbirds that don't sit still, and for pelagic birds but I think it won't be long until better cameras with better lenses are available cheaply and we will see an even greater profusion of fine photo documentation of rare or otherwise unusual birds. just an observation from a guy who is tied down at home and will not be seeing a Hudsonian Godwit in the recent future. Al Alvaro Jaramillo Biologist San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory P.O. Box 247 Alviso, CA 95002 (408)-946-6548 http://www.sfbbo.org/ [[email protected]] ***** NOTE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS**** _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]