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Re: Shorebird video review



Hi y'all,
    Just to echo Steve's post. If you're interested in shorebird
identification,  I think you'll find the video a highly worthwhile addition
to your collection of ID tools.
    The excellent video footage makes it just plain fun to watch, too.

Cheers,
gary

Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
 Zone 8
walela@sccoast.net
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get
better. It's not." (Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax")
-----Original Message-----
From: steven.shultz@unifi.com <steven.shultz@unifi.com>
To: carolinabirds@duke.edu <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 4:42 PM
Subject: Shorebird video review


>I have not seen many of my favorite shorebirds in the Raleigh area this
>fall due to full lake and pond levels as a result of the copious amounts of
>rain we have enjoyed recently.  My despair was lightened somewhat when I
>was loaned a copy of "Shorebirds: A Guide to the Shorebirds of North
>America" created by Richard K. Walton and Greg Dodge.  You may recognize
>Walton's name as the voice over on the Peterson's Backyard Bird Song
>recording.
>
>The 70 minute video explains identification of 38 species of eastern North
>American shorebirds.  Each species receives close up video footage along
>with a voice over from Durham's own Greg Dodge.  Video action is frozen at
>various times to exemplify particular characteristics such as the black
>axillaries of the Black-bellied Plover, the white rump of the White-rumped
>Sandpiper, and the long primary extension of the Baird's Sandpiper.  There
>is even a section on one of my favorite shorebird haunts, sod or turf
>farms.
>
>Some features that I found particularly useful are the side-by-side
>comparison of basic and alternate plumaged birds of the same species, video
>of mixed shorebird flocks allowing the viewer to see similarities and
>differences between similar species like the Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs,
>and an excellent discussion of dowitcher identification.  I thought the
>quality of the film footage was quite good with most birds in good light
>and in sharp focus.  Several species which can be identified by voice, such
>as the dowitchers, are accompanied by sound clips of calls.
>
>Unlike flitting warblers and skulking sparrows, shorebirds frequently allow
>the viewer a reasonably leisurely look at plumage, silhouette, and bill
>shape and length.
>The video format seems to be especially useful in learning each of these
>characteristics for the covered species.
>
>The video is available from ABA sales
>(http://208.56.18.90/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=CTGY&Store_C
ode=ASBS&Category_Code=MVA)
>
>some local wild bird stores, or directly from the manufacturer at
>brownbagproductions.com.
>
>Hope you enjoy!
>Steve Shultz
>Cary, NC
>(who has no fiancial interest or gain in sales of this title)
>
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