[texbirds] Re: Harris's Sparrow, Brewster Co

  • From: H Trudell <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:21:07 -0500

My second sketch was just as awesome (I think I sent you the pic?) - lugging 
phone/camera/stuff into the field takes up valuable strength that I reserve for 
schlepping water and snacks on my 0.2 mile treks. 
-h

Please pardon my igadget inadequacy!

On Mar 18, 2014, at 16:56, Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I should clarify. It's a dead art for documenting rare birds. 61% of the US 
population owns a smart phone. Digiscoping or digibinning is a much better 
option. That way it leaves a lot less room to "interpret" what you are seeing.

Cameron

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 18, 2014, at 16:51, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Cameron, Don't forget to wash between your toes after you clean off the rest 
> of 
> that hot dog pile you just stepped in.. :-)
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> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Haha field sketching. What a dead art!... and rightfully so.
>> 
>> Cameron Carver
>> Currently not in Lubbock, TX
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> > On Mar 18, 2014, at 16:26, Heidi Trudell <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > Well, that was strange: there's a Harris's Sparrow today that doesn't
>> > match my sketch from Sunday. So we either have two birds or it molted
>> > into breeding plumage almost overnight! I'll stick with the two bird
>> > theory, though I'd like to see both side by side just to say I saw two
>> > Harris's Sparrows side by side in Brewster Co...
>> >
>> > Less-than-photogenic images here:
>> > http://www.bigbendnature.com/2014/03/sketchy-winter-sparrows.html
>> >
>> > -h
>> >
>> > Heidi Trudell
>> > Marathon, TX
>> >
>> >> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Heidi Trudell <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> >> wrote:
>> >> After posting, I rummaged up the old pics - definitely a different
>> >> bird, unless it aged in reverse!
>> >> -h
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> 
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> Heidi:  Don't use the dark in the face as an indicator.  As Harris 
>> >>> Sparrows
>> >>> age the amount of black in the face increases, especially in the
>> >>> males...They are strange that way :-)
>> >>
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