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  • Re: iBird Pro search function snafu?

    HOTdog!!!&nbsp; I took the 'Remember Location' setting off, and that did the trick!&nbsp; Thanks, Mitch!
    Posted to iBird PRO (Forum) by Nobeeper on July 11, 2009
  • Re: Effectiveness of iBird Pro bird sounds for attracting birds?

    Real bird probably perceives the iBird recording as a rival / interloper.&nbsp; Don't know...&nbsp; guide books used to talk about making a ''speeessshhhhh'' sort of sound to attempt to draw in birds.&nbsp; Supposed to sound like an alarm&nbsp;or 'call to arms' to oust an intruder.&nbsp; I never could get that to work, either.&nbsp; I have on two ...
    Posted to iBird PRO (Forum) by Nobeeper on July 11, 2009
  • iBird Pro search function snafu?

    On a recent trips to South Carolina and Maine, I attempted to use the search function to help ID some birds.&nbsp; After going through page after page of inputting characteristics / shape / colorations / flight patterns / time of day / month of year / location of sighting, etc...&nbsp; the program would tell me that 0 matches were found for my ...
    Posted to iBird PRO (Forum) by Nobeeper on July 11, 2009
  • Re: Do You Only Take The Bird Photos You Take Due To Equipment/Personal Limitations or Your Long Time Association With Film?

    Hey Laura, First, a little background:&nbsp; I've been taking photography seriously since 1970.&nbsp; That's when I got my first 35mm camera and a roll of Kodachrome.&nbsp; Before that was a Polaroid Land Camera.&nbsp; Remember THOSE?&nbsp; Well...&nbsp; OK, maybe not.&nbsp; That WAS a long time ago.&nbsp; Over the years I developed a collection ...
    Posted to General Bird Photography Questions (Forum) by Nobeeper on July 11, 2009
  • Re: Here's how I feel about Bird Photography (last night anyway)

    Hey Ken, &nbsp; I agree with some of the others here...&nbsp; Learn to use that photo editing program...&nbsp; But something that helps alot is a blind...&nbsp; could be your car, could be your house...&nbsp; could be one of those tiny camo tent things that hunters use, light to carry, quick to put up and just big enough for you to sit inside on ...
    Posted to General Bird Photography Questions (Forum) by Nobeeper on July 11, 2009
  • Re: Hummingbird Expert(s) needed

    Hey Curlybird,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rachis is the central stiff spine of a feather, and Rectrice means tail feather.&nbsp; The R5 refers to which tail feather...&nbsp; Most birds have 12 tail feathers, or rectrices, numbered from the center, in order of which one drops out first during the molt...&nbsp; So R5 is the 5th&nbsp;tail feather from ...
    Posted to Help Me Identify a Bird (Forum) by Nobeeper on July 5, 2009
  • Re: Western Grebe in Maine?

    Thanks, Randy...&nbsp;&nbsp; I did just that.&nbsp; Wrote to the Ellsworth, ME society to see what they had to offer on the matter.&nbsp; Ellsworth is the nearest chapter to where I saw the bird, and not very far at that.&nbsp; Hope they have a confirmation.&nbsp; I must admit a loyality to the range maps in my field guides which is often not ...
    Posted to Help Me Identify a Bird (Forum) by Nobeeper on July 5, 2009
  • Western Grebe in Maine?

    Just back from a week on Deer Isle, Maine.&nbsp; Rented a house on the shore of a small protected cove.&nbsp; One morning I watched what looked for all the world like a Western Grebe paddle peacefully from one side of the cove to the other.&nbsp; Had lots of time and good view through my binoculars for observation.&nbsp; The bird was marked just ...
    Posted to Help Me Identify a Bird (Forum) by Nobeeper on July 3, 2009