CROSSBILLS with expert Matt Young & Spring Snowstorm Sax-Zim. Virtually Live 45 S4 E10

[@Pedro-nf2rr]

Disfrutando cómo siempre contigo y demás colegas, maravillosa documentación.PD:Aconsejarme cámara y teleobjetivo buena para esas jornadas de naturaleza de aves.

[@SparkyStensaas]

Thanks so much Pedro! If you let me know what your approximate budget is, maybe I could help. I guess that would have to be in US dollars though. At the low end, it would be the canon SX series which has amazing zoom capabilities with a fixed lens. I use the canon R5 with the canon 100 to 500 mm lens.

[@tomaskoeck]

Beard has gotten longer, looks good!!

[@SparkyStensaas]

Ha! It has Tomas! Haven’t my first Mourning Dove yet!

[@scottmeagher3280]

Sparky, can you share the make and model of the long boom microphone with the wind “muffle” that you use? I love recording bird songs/calls and share recordings with Cornell Lab of O. I just want to maximize the quality of my recordings.

[@SparkyStensaas]

Hi Scott, thanks for your question! I have been using an old Sennheiser MK-8070 18-inch shotgun mic that was donated to our organization. And then I run it via XLR into a Tascam DR-100 recorder. But I have also use Zoom recorders which I like maybe even better. But I may soon be switching to a parabolic reflector. The shotgun mic doesn’t reach as far as I’d like and doesn’t isolate individual birds as well as a parabola. Telinga is THE company…but pricey.

[@brighteyedbirding]

Great stuff Sparky! Learned a lot from this video about crossbills! Looks cold over there 😂

[@SparkyStensaas]

Snowing again today! Thanks for watching!

[@terryroth2855]

Gotta love those portable air compressors and Spring snows, Sparky. April is now here. Have a good one.

[@SparkyStensaas]

No doubt! It is snowing again here today :-)

[@deanyanko3326]

Yep "Mares tails " I found huge droppings under the blackberry bushes with long leaped tracks in the snow hope its a snowshoe haven't seen one in years here in north of Medford Wisconsin April 2024 Had fun watching the flocks of Buffleheads antics on the lake while on their way north.

[@SparkyStensaas]

I loveBuffelheads!

[@buncha_jaggovfs]

Sparky Stensaas and Matt Young, on the Mount Rushmore of birders as far as i'm concerned

[@SparkyStensaas]

Can I quote that? Flattered… But Matt would be the one up on Mount Rushmore and I’d be the guy sweeping up after the tourists!

[@ryanmarshik8971]

Is there anything Mr Young doesn’t know about finches! Amazing.

[@SparkyStensaas]

And did you like how I plugged my book alongside his?! He is Mr. Finch!

[@charlottesmith3449]

Thanks Sparky for having us along again on your birding adventure--always such fun!!

[@SparkyStensaas]

Thank you, Charlotte! And thanks for watching.

[@garyives1218]

Typically entertaining, beautiful, and informative vid.

[@SparkyStensaas]

Thank you Gary!

[@deanyanko3326]

maybe some of those crossbills have a Canadian accent , hey.

[@SparkyStensaas]

Yah hey

[@shreecreativearts5132]

Super,nice nature,your own style of narration

[@SparkyStensaas]

Thank you so much Shree🙂

[@ronboe6325]

Well bugger. That is why I went there in February. AWD car with 3 peak rated tires. I coulda taken my truck instead! LOL

[@SparkyStensaas]

Ha! Sorry we didn’t have winter for you, Ron. Still contemplating in Arizona trip this summer. Will let you know if I make it down there.

[@ronboe6325]

@@SparkyStensaasMy fear is that you'll come and we won't have a monsoon.