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The Nemesis Bird
http://www.nemesisbird.com
About bird watching in se Pennsylvania
- Added on: Oct 17th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Drew Weber
- Listed in: Science Extreme
- Tags: birds birding ornithology birdwatching birder twitching
Recent Posts
Ash-throated Flycatcher in Lebanon Co, PA
Here are a couple shots of the Ash-throated Flycatcher in Lebanon Co. Behavior was very interesting, it foraged very low in the brush and grasses, often dropping down to catch something. Below is the shot that can really clinch the id. The tail pat...
They can’t all spend the night..
And so we learned with a recent saw-whet that we attempted to track. She was released from the banding station at around 10pm and we tracked her for several hours but by 3 am she was gone, presumably having flown to the south out of range of our equi...
What does a saw-whet do at night?
Well, let me tell you… We have now been tracking Isra for over 2 weeks now, with a lot of good data coming from our long nights at King’s Gap and in the Michaux State Forest. With the migration season in full swing for the owls, we are no...
More P6000 shots
Here are two more shots I took the other morning. They give me an idea of what the camera is capable of when I have good lighting and more time to compose the shots. Northern Cardinal Song Sparrow ...
Esmerelda and her food
The newest saw-whet owl with a transmitter is Esmerelda. Here she is with breakfast in her talons. Does anyone know what it is? ...
Testing the new camera
I just purchased a new camera, the Nikon P6000, and took it out for a quick test to see how well it worked thru my scope. The lighting wasn’t too great but I found a Brown Creeper that was cooperative and managed a couple nice shots. ...
