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

  Two Bald Eagles  (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  in their nests in USA.The nest in upper photo is located in Blackwater Refuge, Maryland, and the other in Norfolk Botanical Gardens, Virginia. Links to these webcams: http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm2.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author Olli Haukkovaara email: olli.haukkovaara @ proton.me Valkeakoski, Finland

 A short trip to James Reserve gave me a Steller's Jay  (Cyanocitta stelleri).  Very beautiful, I saw it last time few months ago live in British Columbia. This Jay was visiting in Tray Feeder:  http://www.jamesreserve.edu/webcams.lasso?CameraID=Cam08

The first bird I saw was Mountain Chickadee  (Poecile gambeli) , just few minutes ago. The location is James Reserve at  Lake Fulmor,  Idyllwild, California, USA  and the website for camera is  http://www.jamesreserve.edu/webcams.lasso?CameraID=Cam01 This place seems to be a real hotspot for remote birding! Next one was this Acorn Woodpecker  (Melanerpes formicivorus) : And the next ones were House Finch  (Carpodacus mexicanus)  and Pygmy Nuthatch  (Sitta pygmaea) : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author Olli Haukkovaara email: olli.haukkovaara @ proton.me Valkeakoski, Finland

  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