<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you Mark. <div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Peace, </span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Heather</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Heather Gervais</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 17pt;">Certified Personal Trainer</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17pt;">Fitness Instructor </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17pt;">Spanish Interpreter</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17pt;">Good person </span></div><div><br></div><div>“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”</div><div>- Mahatma Gandhi </div><div><br></div><div>Message sent from my iPhone. Please excuse its brevity and occasional typos. </div></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 28, 2024, at 8:18 AM, Mark Walton <mmgwalton@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>I can't claim to have expert skills but I can tell you what I do for "heard only" birds: I report the minimum number that can account for what I heard. If I hear two singing simultaneously, I report two. If I hear a bird sing to the left and then -- a second or later -- I hear one of the same species singing distantly to the right, then I count two. Similarly, if I hear one that sounds very close and then I barely hear one in the distance, it seems reasonable to report two. <br><br></div>I'm sure that, when birding by ear, I miss many birds -- but that's also true if I only consider birds that I saw. For every fox sparrow that I see, there may be 3 or 4 more foraging deep underneath a bush that I never detect. <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Ar Aoine 28 Meith 2024 ag 08:10, scríobh Heather Gervais via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Question for the birding by ear folks that post their sightings to eBird: do you go by ear in making your counts? I'm really enjoying improving my ear skills, but couldn't imagine being able to determine the number of individuals by ear alone. Especially as in learning that in many species, only the males sing. <div><br id="m_5143713209597304327lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Peace, </span><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> Heather</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Heather Gervais</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-size:17pt">Certified Personal Trainer</span></div><div><span style="font-size:17pt">Fitness Instructor </span></div><div><span style="font-size:17pt">Spanish Interpreter</span></div><div><span style="font-size:17pt">Good person </span></div><div><br></div><div>“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”</div><div>- Mahatma Gandhi </div><div><br></div><div>Message sent from my iPhone. Please excuse its brevity and occasional typos. </div></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 28, 2024, at 7:48 AM, Michael Fleming via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello;<div><br></div><div> Rob is definitely spot on regarding this. Birding by ear is a big advantage, it just takes a little time and practice to get there. If you have a particular spot you like to bird (mine was Discovery Park) and learn the birds and calls of that area you will find that this will translate into recognizing these birds in other areas you visit. This was stressed in the Master Birder Program that I participated in, and I relied a lot on it when I was leading birding trips for Discovery Park and WOS.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers and Good Birding;</div><div><br></div><div>Michael Fleming<br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Ballard, Washington </div>MichaelFleming0607 AT <a href="http://gmail.com/" target="_blank">gmail.com</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 6:10 AM Rob Faucett via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Jim - short answer is “birding by ear.” <br>
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There will be many more reply and I’ll get to something longer. But that is really good, and fun!!, place to start. <br>
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Happy to help further. Call any time!<br>
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> On Jun 28, 2024, at 5:54 AM, Jim Betz via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hi all,<br>
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> I need some help. I often use eBird to look up "where are people finding birds" by<br>
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> checking recent checklists. This usually helps me to pick a place in Skagit County<br>
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> where we live because I can see 'what's happening' quickly.<br>
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> However, what I've noticed is that there are lots of birders who are posting<br>
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> checklists with 2x 3x, and even more as many birds as I'm finding when I<br>
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> go to the same place at the same time of day.<br>
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> ===> So my question is 'what are they doing that I'm not'?<br>
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> Here is what I am doing. I walk and stop about every 30 feet or less - and listen<br>
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> first and then try to spot the more nearby birds I'm hearing. When I get a visual I<br>
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> will try to identify that bird. I -often- hear birds that I can't id from the song/call.<br>
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> I'm fairly new to birding - started about 5 years ago. When I am on guided tours<br>
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> the guide -always- is way ahead of me. My primary focus is getting pictures and I<br>
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> rarely carry anything other than my camera with long lens - but when my wife is<br>
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> with me she has her bins and that helps (some). At least 9 out of 10 times I go<br>
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> out I'm by myself rather than with a partner or group.<br>
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> - Jim<br>
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