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- From: tony@zoo.toronto.edu (Anthony L. Lang)
- Newsgroups: rec.birds
- Subject: Re: Bird watching at night
- Message-ID: <C1DI3I.GG9@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 19:28:29 GMT
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- >In article <josh.727641751@pogo> josh@cqs.washington.edu (Josh Hayes) writes:
- >>On a related question, has anyone had any success "jacklighting"
- >>birds; that is, going out at night with a nice bright spotlight
- >>and catching eyeshine?
- >
- In article: <1jmsi7INNsjm@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- toby@stein.u.washington.edu (Toby Bradshaw) writes:
-
- >Works especially well for goatsuckers, which have an intense red
- >eyeshine.
- >
-
- In my experience CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW (Caprimulgus sp.) has
- red eye-shine and the COMMON NIGHTHAWK (Chordieles minor)
- has blue eye-shine. I wonder if this extends to other
- members of these genera. Anyone know? How about
- other families?
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- Anthony Lang
- Dept. of Zoology,
- University of Toronto
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