Friday, 15 November 2024

Let’s all fly South…I feel the chill of winter approaching.

 

We met a bird watcher the other day who had a series of clicky counters on his binocular tripod…he was madly clicking every few minutes and said he had counted over two thousand wood pigeons heading South that morning…we could just about see lots of tiny black dots in the distance…he seemed to know what he was doing.



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  1. Wastedpapiers16 November 2024 at 08:13

    A titchy twitcher! Yes, he could see more than we could. This feller has all the gear but does he know whats going on?

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  2. Collage Craft16 November 2024 at 11:44

    I encounter a lot of birders at the nature sanctuary near my home that I like to bike to frequently and I would believe anything they tell me because those binoculars make them have some authority (in my book). Yes, it's that time of year isn't it. I was listening to a show about the bird migration and they mentioned magnetic fields and I have been planning on looking it up so here is what I found (and now remember them saying as I was half asleep when I heard the program):

    How do they find their way? Migrating birds use celestial cues to navigate, much as sailors of yore used the sun and stars to guide them. But unlike humans, birds also detect the magnetic field generated by Earth's molten core and use it to determine their position and direction.

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    1. Anonymous21 November 2024 at 05:13

      Clever stuff... Built in Sat Nav

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  3. Ka20 November 2024 at 11:13

    Nice one, Hazel! I wish I could spread my wings and fly to a warmer environment..

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