Howdy, I was wondering how many of you paddlewisers are serious birders? I find birding from a kayak to be very fruitful. It seems that birds tend to allow me to get closer when paddling than when walking through the jungle. Do any of you find this to be true? Thanks, Dave http://paddleasia.com/ dave_at_paddleasia.com Phuket, Thailand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 11:11 AM 5/16/00 +0700, Dave Williams wrote: >I was wondering how many of you paddlewisers are serious birders? I find >birding from a kayak to be very fruitful. It seems that birds tend to allow >me to get closer when paddling than when walking through the jungle. Do any >of you find this to be true? I'm not a serious birder, but my experiences in getting close to birds and observing them from the kayak are getting me close to being one. I made the comment in one of my essays that the inability (or lack of interest) in telling little brown birds apart are about all that keeps me from becoming one. -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
It is one of the best parts, I love birding. Lately I've been forgetting some of their names (?), but...yesterday was an unusually beautiful day and we left at three for an afternoon paddle. There is a big old tower on the other side and as we approached an eagle settled down and scared all the cormorants and gulls away. They circled, waiting for the eagle to leave, and the gull started diving at it. I figure the gull had a nest up there. Finally all the birds without a vested interest (the cormorants) (sp?) left and the gull kept bothering a nonchalant eagle. At the island the sea gulls were all spread out, we figured they were nesting. Every so often something would scare them and they would all rise. They didn't mind us. I know in some cases kayakers can scare birds however, and if they are nesting they could leave their egss for bigger prey. We often go at six in the morning and if you do it all the time the migratory birds are really obvious. Andree Hurley - http://www.viewit.com/ On Water Sports, Kayaking Resources - http://www.onwatersports.com -Now selling the Garmin GPS and Accessories- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Dave Williams wrote: > I was wondering how many of you paddlewisers are serious birders? I find > birding from a kayak to be very fruitful. It seems that birds tend to allow > me to get closer when paddling than when walking through the jungle. Do any > of you find this to be true? You might consider making some hand paddles. I know I can get a lot closer to wildlife when I'm doing underwater recoveries using a single blade paddle than using a kayak paddle. I'm not sneaking up on bears, usually turtles or birds. kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Good morning, I do a lot of birding from my kayak and find it one of the best ways to bird. Birds appear to be much less threaten by my kayak on the water than when I walk through the woods. Last weekend, I watched a Red Shouldered Hawk from a river bank for about thirty minutes. Osprey seem to be comfortable fishing with the kayak in the area as well. I have noticed the same thing with other animals as well. Beavers will swim within four or five feet of my kayak when I sit quietly near their lodge. They would never come that close on land. Of course, the turtles still dive for cover far in advance of my arrival. I don't know if the color of the kayak makes a difference or not. I have a granite colored, light speckled gray kayak. Regards, Jim Fitzgerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Williams" <dave_at_paddleasia.com> To: <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 12:11 AM Subject: [Paddlewise] Any birders out there? > Howdy, > > I was wondering how many of you paddlewisers are serious birders? I find > birding from a kayak to be very fruitful. It seems that birds tend to allow > me to get closer when paddling than when walking through the jungle. Do any > of you find this to be true? > > Thanks, > Dave > > http://paddleasia.com/ > dave_at_paddleasia.com > Phuket, Thailand > > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not > to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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