dennis
Have binoculars. Will travel.
On a recent field trip I picked up a new skill.
A fellow birder, hearing the tapping of a woodpecker species, announced, "Yellow-bellied Sapsucker!". Raising an eyebrow, I asked for his basis of identification.
Seems that the cadence of the rapping was the key.
I've now re-listened to some audiotaped woodpeckers and found that the ID was right on the mark.
Something else to study,
dennis
A fellow birder, hearing the tapping of a woodpecker species, announced, "Yellow-bellied Sapsucker!". Raising an eyebrow, I asked for his basis of identification.
Seems that the cadence of the rapping was the key.
I've now re-listened to some audiotaped woodpeckers and found that the ID was right on the mark.
Something else to study,
dennis