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

["Bert Hale" <blhale@xxxxxxxx>]

Mr. Mayhorn:

Your video was an excellent idea.

I photographed a flock of grackle over my house, made a print and took it to
the
Bristol Bird Club meeting. Had the experts guess the number going over. I
had numbers
from 600 to Mr. Coffey's 6000. The actual count was 1182. Some people think
BIG.

Try this in Buchanan County. Dave Worley thinks BIG also.

Bert Hale
Bluff City, TN

----- Original Message -----
From: Mayhorn <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bristol Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 11:16 PM
Subject: [bristol-birds] New method for Swift count


> 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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