Birding Boy Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Hey @Seanbirds, you alright? I hear Kansas is having some wild winds and fires and stuff. Pretty smokey here in Michigan from the winds blowing it our way but that’s about it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Birding Boy said: Hey @Seanbirds, you alright? I hear Kansas is having some wild winds and fires and stuff. Pretty smokey here in Michigan from the winds blowing it our way but that’s about it. I’m fine. I haven’t heard about the fires… but you’re right about the wind! Today it’s perfectly calm (I doubt I’d be able to fly my kite) but yesterday it was nuts! 70 mph winds! Nothing was damaged at our place (some stuff blew away but that was it) but our friends’ greenhouse had a chunk broken off of it. The wind was so bad that when I went out the door yesterday I nearly fell over! ? I didn’t even have to pedal my bike when the wind was to my back, I just cruised along and let the wind push me. So yeah, pretty crazy! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Seanbirds said: I’m fine. I haven’t heard about the fires… but you’re right about the wind! Today it’s perfectly calm (I doubt I’d be able to fly my kite) but yesterday it was nuts! 70 mph winds! Nothing was damaged at our place (some stuff blew away but that was it) but our friends’ greenhouse had a chunk broken off of it. The wind was so bad that when I went out the door yesterday I nearly fell over! ? I didn’t even have to pedal my bike when the wind was to my back, I just cruised along and let the wind push me. So yeah, pretty crazy! Glad to hear it! And I thought 45 mph gusts were bad ? Went inside after a huge healthy pine fell over. I heard there were a few fires in the central-west side of Kansas, they’re probably put out now though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Anybody doing any Christmas Bird Counts this season? This'll be my first time leading one, I have that one tomorrow, and then I'm going to do another on Sunday with a friend and his family. Gunna be cold, but hopefully we can find some good stuff. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Birding Boy said: Anybody doing any Christmas Bird Counts this season? This'll be my first time leading one, I have that one tomorrow, and then I'm going to do another on Sunday with a friend and his family. Gunna be cold, but hopefully we can find some good stuff. I’ll be eBirding, but won’t be doing any of the stuff with Adubon or anything like that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmWarbler Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 42 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: I’ll be eBirding, but won’t be doing any of the stuff with Adubon or anything like that. Same 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I think I’m only doing two this season. I have one tomorrow and another on New Year’s Day. I’m exited for the second one since it’s on the day of a king ride and my area has a large marsh. I’m hoping to get decent looks at Black Rail and the chance for any interesting marsh species. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I had invites to two but family gatherings conflict with both. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 4 hours ago, Birding Boy said: Anybody doing any Christmas Bird Counts this season? This'll be my first time leading one, I have that one tomorrow, and then I'm going to do another on Sunday with a friend and his family. Gunna be cold, but hopefully we can find some good stuff. I'm doing one, tomorrow, just for the morning. We are going to a 2 pm annual friends' holiday party. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 4 hours ago, Seanbirds said: I’ll be eBirding, but won’t be doing any of the stuff with Adubon or anything like that. Same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) I think my camera might be broken. I was looking for a probable Jack Snipe in the pouring rain and water entered my lens. I have the lens in rice right now but I have a feeling it won’t work. Edited December 22, 2021 by Connor Cochrane 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 7 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: I think my camera might be broken. I was looking for a probable Jack Snipe in the pouring rain and water entered my lens. I have the lens in rice right now but I have a feeling it won’t work. If it is, send it somewhere to get fixed. I think you should use the 70d instead for now. That is, if the lens is fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 8 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: I think my camera might be broken. I was looking for a probable Jack Snipe in the pouring rain and water entered my lens. I have the lens in rice right now but I have a feeling it won’t work. 20/20 hindsight, but consider packing a couple of 2-gallon Zip-lok bags. Those are plenty big enough to hold as much lens as any of us here at Whatbird can afford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, IKLland said: If it is, send it somewhere to get fixed. I think you should use the 70d instead for now. That is, if the lens is fine. My camera is fine, it’s just the lens. It looks like I could disassemble it and clean it off if the rice doesn’t work, but that seems risky. I just know it’ll cost a lot to get it fixed if I send it back to canon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 3:52 PM, Birding Boy said: Anybody doing any Christmas Bird Counts this season? This'll be my first time leading one, I have that one tomorrow, and then I'm going to do another on Sunday with a friend and his family. Gunna be cold, but hopefully we can find some good stuff. I was looking forward to it since September, but apparently my county is all filled up. Sad to watch as eBird reports fill up for my county-we actually have more than five reports per day now! Amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 37 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: I was looking forward to it since September, but apparently my county is all filled up. Sad to watch as eBird reports fill up for my county-we actually have more than five reports per day now! Amazing. Sorry you didn’t get to make it this year. Seems like there’s always not a lot of people doing it over here but then again I’ve always just been asked to do them I haven’t had to register. I know what you mean about the checklists, it’s crazy! Nice to have over 200 checklist in one county over two days that aren’t just the usual hotspots and feeder lists. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Birding Boy said: Sorry you didn’t get to make it this year. Seems like there’s always not a lot of people doing it over here but then again I’ve always just been asked to do them I haven’t had to register. I know what you mean about the checklists, it’s crazy! Nice to have over 200 checklist in one county over two days that aren’t just the usual hotspots and feeder lists. Yeah, my county got 31 checklists on one day. A lot by this county's standards but probably a normal day for more birded counties. Hopefully I'll make it next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Call all northerners, calling all northerners! Weather reports please? It was almost 90 today here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Mid 20’s here. It was 8 at sunrise though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 High 40s here in southeast Michigan, getting substantially colder on Thursday. Hopefully there’s still open water for the 1st. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Still in the 40s today but heading for the low teens or less next week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 The forecast is for 70s all week on the Carolina coastal plains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: The forecast is for 70s all week on the Carolina coastal plains. Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 I’m hopefully gonna find a rare great crested flycatcher today that’s been hanging around! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 14 hours ago, Kevin said: Call all northerners, calling all northerners! Weather reports please? It was almost 90 today here. About 36 Fahrenheit this morning. Snow from yesterday is melting. Slushy and disgusting outside. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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