Subject: Migration observations during Full Moon
Date: Apr 16 22:47:01 2000
From: Robin David Robinson - Robinsnestsooke at telus.net


Hello tweeters

I haven't heard anyone mention this interesting spring pastime. Setting up your bird scope on the full moon and watching migrating birds passing in front of it. This evening I tried for a 1/2 hour sitting and counted 13 individual passerines passing at about 1 minute intervals.
Identification is interesting since you have about 2 to 3 seconds before the bird is gone depending how high and how fast they're travelling. Care to try your luck?

good birding

R. Robinson