Remote birding

  11:45 today, while having a lunch, I happened to peek in to Estonian carrion cam. Good choice, White-tailed Eagle  (Haliaeetus albicilla)  had the lunch hour also. Below the eagle there is two Common Ravens  (Corvus corax)  in the photo. The camera can be found here:  http://www.looduskalender.ee/en/node/5696

This place is somewhere in Estonia, very cool webcam indeed. I saw several birds, including the king of carrion, White-tailed Eagle, who flew by but did not land. White-tailed Eagle  (Haliaeetus albicilla)  1 adult Common Buzzard  (Buteo buteo)  1 Common Raven  (Corvus corax)  6 Common Magpie  (Pica pica)  2 Hooded Crow  (Corvus cornix)  1 sound Great Spotted  Woodpecker  (Dendrocopos major)  1 Common Blackbird  (Turdus merula)  1 male Hmmm... lots of  "Common" birds .... 😄 The site URL is:  http://www.looduskalender.ee/en/node/5696 Ravens and Common Buzzard

This site is great:  http://www.looduskalender.ee/en/node/5978 The stream has been open in my computer during the day about 30 minutes, and so far I have observed the following species: Great Tit  (Parus major) , at least 3 Eurasian Blue Tit  (Cyanistes caeruleus)  1 Willow Tit  (Poecile montanus)  1 European Greenfinch  (Carduelis chloris) , at least 4 Bullfinch  (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)  1 sound Hooded Crow  (Corvus cornix)  1 sound House Sparrow  (Passer domesticus)  3 Great Tit  Greenfinches

  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