Remote birding

It's again winter up here and days are short so I have time for remote birding. Got three "lifers" today from  Luciano Breves's cameras : Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sedentarius) (USA) Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas) Female Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author Olli Haukkovaara email: olli.haukkovaara @ proton.me Valkeakoski, Finland

During last days I've been lurking and peeking several webcams in South America and South Africa. Itamambuca Eco Resort webcam in South Brazil gave me two new species: Golden-chevroned Tanager  (Thraupis ornata ) and Half-collared Sparrow  (Arremon semitorquatus) . Both of these species were "awards" from persistent waiting - Itamambuca feeder is really quiet place... Backyard of Luciano Breves, also in South Brazil, instead is a heaven for remote birder - lot's of birds all day round. New species from Luciano's feeders are all Hummingbirds: Festive Coquette  (Lophornis chalybeus) , White-throated Hummingbird  (Leucochloris albicollis) , Swallow-tailed Hummingbird  (Eupetomena macroura)  and Saw-billed Hermit  (Ramphodon naevius) . Very nice hummers all! Long-tailed Sylph  (Aglaiocercus kingii) , yet another nice hummingbird, visited the feeder at Buenaventura Reserve in Ecuador. There I have seen also almost every day two big unidentified humming...

 The Brazilian live webcam of Luciano Breves is simply amazing. So many birds, so many species. Within two days I have identified already 18 species: 1.     Ruddy Ground Dove  (Columbina talpacoti) 2.     Sombre Hummingbird  (Aphantochroa cirrochloris) 3.     Black Jacobin  (Florisuga fusca) 4.     Black-throated Mango  (Anthracothorax nigricollis) 5.     Violet-capped Woodnymph  (Thalurania glaucopis) 6.     Versicolored Emerald   (Amazilia versicolor) 7.     Glittering-throated Emerald   (Amazilia fimbriata) 8.     Rufous-bellied Thrush  (Turdus rufiventris) 9.     Creamy-bellied Thrush  (Turdus amaurochalinus) 10.     Violaceous Euphonia  (Euphonia violacea) 11.     Bananaquit  (Coereba flaveola) 12.     Rufous-collared Sparrow  (Zon...

Ornithos at  http://www.ornithos.com.br/  gave me many new species today, all now identified, thanks again to  Luciano Breves who teached me! The photos below are all from south east Brazil. Below: Great Kiskadee  (Pitangus sulpuhuratus) Below: Dusky-legged Guan  (Penelope obscura) Below: Better photo of Ruddy Ground Dove  (Columbina talpacoti) Below: Violaceous Euphonias ( Euphonia violacea),  an adult male left and female on the right. Below: Creamy-bellied Thrush  (Turdus amaurochalinus) Below: Young male on the left and female on the right... both Violaceous Euphonia ( Euphonia violacea). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author Olli Haukkovaara email: olli.haukkovaara @ proton.me Valkeakoski, Finland

Oh no, now I got lost to South-America... and I don't even have any field guides of the birds of South America. The site where the web cameras are is this:  http://www.ornithos.com.br/ Three nice cameras, one in the homepage and two others under links to "Observatorio I" and "Observatorio II". The home page cam is located in Brazil, "Observatorio II" in Ecuador and "observatorio III" is also in Brazil. During very quick visit I sa w a t least 7 different species and I have no clue what they are. Well, ok, one was dove, then there were hummingbirds and one bird looked like some starling - but really, I have no idea of their actual identitity. Below is two photos, just for example. P.S.  http://www.aves.brasil.nom.br/  is a site where you can dig photos of Brazilian birds - it helped me to identify the dove in the first photo above: it is Ruddy Ground-Dove  (Columbina talpacoti) . P.S. 2: Okay, now I know the rest of the birds too: the hummingb...

  You'll probably know what birding means - yes, it's watching the birds i.e birdwatching. But remote birding? Well, in remote birding you don't need binoculars, scope nor camera, but  you must have internet connection and TV to watch birds. So, I'm trying to see and identify birds in  live TV broadcasts  and through  online webcams . I will not pay any attention to recordings or movies, all the birds must be out there somewhere right at the same moment when I see them. I'm also trying to capture photos of all the birds, whenever it's possible. At this moment this is just an experiment - I'm just curious on how many bird species I can see and identify via cables! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author Olli Haukkovaara email: olli.haukkovaara @ proton.me Valkeakoski, Finland