There is such a person but if I told you who and where men in suits with
black overcoats would likely be at my house in a short time and I'd no
longer be posting. Leave it to say that the expensive toys at disposal to a
very limited few get really interesting use. For those who can interpret I
used to have a lot of NTK tickets for various agencies when I worked in
security many many years ago - I can only imagine what is going on now.

Rob Conway
Newcastle, WA

robin_birder at hotmail.com





>From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous at msn.com>
>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: [Tweeters] Birding by Satellite
>Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:45:08 -0800
>
>In regards to Google earth and its marvelous abilities. Once upon a time I
>worked for a large software company and I was in a meeting with government
>folks regarding computer imaging from satellites. Atmospheric conditions
>determine the resolution but one of the examples that was demonstrated was
>a
>Robin sitting in a nest in a yard in New Jersey. This was not a live feed
>at that time, but a static photo of a previous live feed taken during a
>clear air event in Februrary. So birding by Satellite is certainly possible
>if you have the government clearances, and the right atmospheric
>conditions.
>I would be willing to bet somewhere in the NSA is a tech with a bird list
>from satellite.
>
>Rob Sandelin
>Naturalist, Writer
>The Environmental Science School
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