I'm an artist (and photographer/videographer). I am particularly interested, fascinated, and bedazzled by birds, and Nature in general. I'm currently working on nature themes of camouflage - shape, colour, and texture varieties; attraction, reproduction - and particularly tactile interactive art. I like to use puzzles to reflect the puzzling nature of Nature.
You shouldn't assume people who have several hundred RU-vid films of British birds don't know what they are talking about (although I obviously don't know everything). I'm guessing you're in/from the US? The whole world don't necessarily use the same words (or spelling) as the US... In the UK we call them guillemots (common). Wikipedia (itself US-centric!): "The common murre also called the common guillemot or foolish guillemot,[3] (Uria aalge) is a large auk."
Congratulations with this great observation. Beautiful close-ups. Thanks for sharing. Beautifully captured. With best wishes for tomorrow. Kind regards, Knut.
Hi Indy, Thanks for trying to clarify, however, I frequently come across differences in the Latin names of birds. I don't know why there are differences - even among leading ornithological authorities - but, being from the U.K. and predominantly filming U.K. birds, I accept the authority of the RSPB (www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/red-grouse/) and the BTO (app.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob3290.htm) (and if these are not in agreement, then I go with the BTO). What country are you in?
Hi vBirder, My name is Deio and I'm a student filmmaker at Cardiff University, but I come from Anglesey. At the moment, I am working on a film for my studies about Curlews, but I am really struggling to catch them on camera. I see from your youtube channel that you have lots of good footage of them. Would it be possible for me to use some of your footage and credit you at the end please? Many thanks! Deio
Hi Deio, Thanks for your interest in my bird videos. I'd be interested to know what equipment you have and what techniques you are using. Curlews are more shy than most birds I come across. Yes, I'm happy for you to use some of my footage - thanks for asking. Please provide a link to the relevant video/s. All the best, Michael
Sorry but this isn't a stock dove, it's a feral pigeon. The big give away is the eye. Stock doves look like feral pigeon shaped but wood pigeon colours (minus the white bits) In flight they appear to have a dark outline.
After wading through several clips on RU-vid CLAIMING to feature the song of the Mistle thrush but actually featuring the song of the Song thrush it comes as quite a relief to locate one at last that genuinely IS that of a Mistle thrush. And a good one it is too, so well done and thank you!
Thanks for your kind words. Yes, a singing mistle thrush is quite elusive and unpredictable. I was very lucky and privileged to capture this. In the many hundreds of hours I've been filming birds this is the only time I've seen one singing. It's a pity it wasn't facing towards me more of the time, but I'm very thankful for what I did capture. :)
@@Michael.Autumn This year, for the first time ever, we are constantly being treated to the distinctive song of the Mistle thrush close to our house. However, try as I might, I have yet to catch even the most fleeting of glimpses, so it's kind of reassuring to read of your frustrations!
Yes I'm still alive! :) The very expensive computer/storage device I bought to store the vast volume of high res video I shoot stopped working when I last did an automatic firmware update. It was a QNAP "NAS" (network attached storage). It was under warranty and QNAP tried to remotely fix it. They couldn't. The zero default security of their system resulted in a virus infection on my NAS! When they learned about this QNAP deny any responsibility and subsequently just ignored me! I lost all my data (mainly films) - from many expensive trips and hundreds of hours of editing time. I tried to sue QNAP. That cost a lot of money (which had to be paid upfront and was non-refundable). They paid fixers (solicitors) to find a loophole in so-called UK civil consumer law - and I ended up being ordered to pay them £5,000!! So to cut a long painful story short: I don't have anywhere to store the very large video files on - that is why I have stopped filming! :(((((
Thanks. It was between 6 and 7 am (3 am rise for 2h drive). The light wasn't much good before 6:30. I'm working on a solution to better follow and focus at such high magnification - because everything is manual...
Thanks. They are indeed very secretive, elusive, well disguised, silent, and fast(!) - that's obviously how they manage to survive and hunt so effectively... If you're interested in wild suburbia I have started a channel devoted to this - "Cambridge Garden - A Year - Slow Film" - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CnpqsPyY3Kk.html
