Sunday, March 29, 2020

Day 14: Nick gets lifer






OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT!

Serious birders—a term preferred over birdwatcher by serious birders—keep “Life Lists,” noting the time and place they see a new species. Sometimes they even get a photo to document the moment. And sometimes it is a fairly common species but one just not easy to find or see, like a diminutive Eastern Screech-owl because they are most active at night long after serious birders go to bed.

Local naturalist Nick Stahlman recently tallied a new life bird at Victor Ashe Park. And using what's called the "Stahlman Method" of taking a photo with his cell phone through one barrel of his binoculars got the above great photograph of a red phase.

Who needs a $3,000 telephoto lens?

Congratulations, Nick.


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