tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post4712840215644312542..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: Who finds the bird?Steve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-69729117416601250392012-03-01T18:55:16.354+00:002012-03-01T18:55:16.354+00:00Mark: many a good birder would have walked past th...Mark: many a good birder would have walked past that Semi-p Plover. Only the obsessives would have clinched it!<br /><br />Stewart: I like that thinking. From now on I will only bird on a Thursday...Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-90390280323377445162012-02-28T17:49:53.088+00:002012-02-28T17:49:53.088+00:00Timing too Steve.
If you only get out at weekend...Timing too Steve. <br /><br />If you only get out at weekends the chances are you will be beaten to the mark. Mondays are poor too as most stuff is found with a surge on Sat / Sun. Best chance - try a quiet spot, in a good location geographically, at the right time of year for a suite of BB's, on a Thursday morning....this way no one might have been to that place for a few days. You will be the first person to see the last few days arrivals - bingo!<br /><br />PS All that is nicked from Ken Shaw...Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-7134081788854787852012-02-28T14:05:39.101+00:002012-02-28T14:05:39.101+00:00Steve, there's definitely something to be said...Steve, there's definitely something to be said for not trying too hard to find rare birds. One birder with an incredibly enviable record of finding major rarities has said that he never really finds rarities: "they just present themselves"! And whereas he (Paul Dukes) found the first Semi-palmated Plover for the Western Palaearctic, I walked right past one in Kerry last autumn. I've heard good rarity-finders talk about "adopting a state of pre-meditated alertness", whatever that means. MarkMark G. Telferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02436213627213480893noreply@blogger.com