Comments on: Anti-birdwatching device on my telescope

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:36:20 +0000

Peter – you don't.

However, if you are doing a count while the birds are on migration, or flying to or from a roost, you can be reasonably sure they won't fly past you twice as they are always heading towards their destination.

At other times, it's just guessestimates, as we call them.

When I've had raptors over my house, they look like those old World War Two bombing raids – flight after flight, all heading in the same direction…

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:01:35 +0000

Maybe it was a UK woodpecker taking a holiday.

Just curious. When counting flying birds, how do you know if some of them circle back for a second counting?

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:22:22 +0000

Your birdlist – even the common ones – is exotic to me. We used to keep two lists in the Carolinas, one for our back yard and one for anywhere else. I think we reached about 27 or so birds in the back yard but never thought of looking at the sky.

You and your telescope; that is what we Brits call sod's law. I'm surprised the bird stuck around that long.