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- From: chavel@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Chris Havel)
- Newsgroups: rec.birds
- Subject: Re: Bird watching at night
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 21:14:52 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- giordano@andromeda.rutgers.edu (E. Giordano) writes:
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-
- > This may sound like an utterly stupid question -- BUT here
- >goes anyway--can any real productive bird wathcing happen at night
- >or past dusk aside from the logistical problem os not]
- >being able to see--don't most bird hide or "sleep" at night,
- >you never see them at the feeder after dusk and before
- >dawn, and further ducks are never in the same place at night as they are in
- >the day--where do they go?
-
- I LOVE birding at night!! Since night doesn't necessarily mean DARK (moon,
- urban lights), it's a special treat to lie out (face up, if you please),
- and wait for an owl or nighthawk to come wafting by. Many a goose flock
- has passed over...unseen...but leave their song behind in the dusk air.
-
- As for the ducks, quite a few spend the night on shore hidden away (under
- a shrub near the water, fr'instance). Try the night birding. You'll love it.
-
- Chris
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- chavel@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
-