back in Virginia we had a bird, buteo plasticus, for what appeared to be a
buteo, but was a plastic trash bag caught in a tree. but if seen at dusk
or at first light, it could also be a bubo plasticus.

Chris Kessler

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Penny Koyama <plkoyama at comcast.net> wrote:

> Tweets,
> I think it was with a guide in Alaska that I first heard a guide use the
> acronym, BLO, for these non-birds--bird-like objects. I love it!
> Penny Koyama, Bothell
> plkoyama at comcast.net
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianna Moore" <dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com
> >
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:22 AM
> Subject: [Tweeters] re: birds that aren't
>
>
> Hey Tweets:
>> When doing raptor surveys out here we often are fooled by a great "stick
>> bird", so I determined to do something about those that fooled us more
>> than
>> once. I bought some of that iridescent orange spray paint and went up and
>> down the beach spraying those "stick birds". Next time we were out on the
>> beach I anxiously awaited the outcome....nothing, no one even noticed! No
>> one could tell they had been painted, but then no one called out a false
>> sighting either; by spraying them the lighting/coloring was different so
>> they no longer appeared bird-like.
>>
>> Maybe next time a florescent yellow....
>>
>> Dianna Moore
>> Ocean Shores, Wa.
>> dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com
>>
>>
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