tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post9126511445683617931..comments2024-03-28T21:44:36.332+00:00Comments on Not Quite Scilly: When in Doubt, Press 'Record'Gavin Haighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-46502500815522333122020-02-17T18:22:48.029+00:002020-02-17T18:22:48.029+00:00Thanks for your comment Tim, I'm glad you are ...Thanks for your comment Tim, I'm glad you are able to get that much from it too. It really has surprised me how much detail is visble in even a poor video, but when the bird is closer and the camera a bit more stable...wow! And the video-grabs can be pretty amazing too! That's 'amazing' in a relative sense of course - we're not talking several grand's-worth of gear.<br /><br />Yes, sorry about hogging the good gulls over this way. ;-)Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-30412634869678853222020-02-17T11:20:50.379+00:002020-02-17T11:20:50.379+00:00Sure the video's not exactly broadcast standar...Sure the video's not exactly broadcast standard but it does show some pretty good pro Caspian features: long primaries, whitish underwing, lots of grey coverts and scaps for 2w, tail pattern, and that P10 mirror. I'd have no trouble accepting that even if submitted anonymously!<br />Enjoying your now regular posts Gav, please keep them coming and would you mind sending some of your more interesting gulls west 20 or 30 miles?<br />cheers, TimTim Worfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081554391725867216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-60443246273497768972020-02-14T08:26:31.632+00:002020-02-14T08:26:31.632+00:00Yay! Welcome back to the 'comments' area S...Yay! Welcome back to the 'comments' area Steve!<br /><br />Neglected is right. I can see it's a powerful tool for the birder. Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-65880417245989192572020-02-14T08:23:13.055+00:002020-02-14T08:23:13.055+00:00I'm fortunate to quite often get to use what I...I'm fortunate to quite often get to use what I've learned. Practice and regular use embeds some of this knowledge, that's all really. Having said that, often I still have to look stuff up! Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-86406450548841140782020-02-13T21:01:25.783+00:002020-02-13T21:01:25.783+00:00Gav, Blogger is letting me in to leave a comment!!...Gav, Blogger is letting me in to leave a comment!! Well, as far as the video function on a camera goes, like you I have sadly neglected this tool. But not any longer.Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-14802539100762503402020-02-13T15:53:50.222+00:002020-02-13T15:53:50.222+00:00All the stuff you know may have come from others, ...All the stuff you know may have come from others, but you remember it. This is the important part! I've read (and forgotten most of it) about large gull ID. I'm still rubbish at it... Wheatearlphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07419004440102086954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-38000707897159164282020-02-13T14:59:22.746+00:002020-02-13T14:59:22.746+00:00You're done for!
Re 'authority', ver...You're done for! <br /><br />Re 'authority', very far from it Ric! Seriously. I am wearing 'L' plates still. The learning curve is immense, and I've barely started. Every gull-related thing on this blog is just stuff which others have taught me in some way. So I'd hate to think I came across as some jumped-up 'expert', because I'm not. I like to pass this stuff on though, and hopefully enthuse anyone who might read it... Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-72669908038197087712020-02-13T13:33:08.401+00:002020-02-13T13:33:08.401+00:00I can see it Gav, the little white mirror in p10.
...I can see it Gav, the little white mirror in p10.<br /><br />To be fair, if you submitted a Casp to the Records Committee, I can hardly see them doubting it. After all, in relative terms, you are an authority on the things.Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.com