FreeLists / bristol-birds / [bristol-birds] New method for Swift count

["Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fellow Birders,
This evening my wife and I counted the Chimney Swifts at Grundy High School.
We have been doing this for the last few evenings and counting those little
bullets is down right difficult. So I came up with an idea, though it may
not be new to some of you. I took my video camera and tripod and video taped
the birds. Then I brought the tape home, played it in slow motion and
counted the birds. It was much easier for me and I believe much more
accurate. Our total for this evening was 2,550 birds. Maybe this idea will
be helpful to some others out there.

Good Birding,

Roger Mayhorn
Grundy, VA


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