Movie

[John]

Thanks to the link Words sent me I have converted a Quick Time Movie to one that has been accepted into the gallery. These movies are not high quality as they were taken using my CP4500 camera attached to my scope. The bird in question is a Baird's Sandpiper which was about 300+ yards away at a place called Kirkby on Bain GP's which is Lincolnshire. It was taken on 24/09/2005.

Here is a link to it. It is in the Sounds Forum.

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...mage-7910.html

Let me know if you think it is worth placing these type of movies into the gallery. If so I will convert a few more and place them into the gallery.

Other files ready for converting are:

Brambling
Dunlin
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Green Heron
Hoopoe
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Laughing Gull
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Sociable Plover (not very good footage due to very extreme distance coupled with bad light and very windy conditions)

Temminks Stint
White-rumped sandpiper
Wood Pigeon

Plus one of a Grey Squirrel.

If you feel they are useful for the gallery I will endeavour to get some more movies done in Norfolk. They are mainly about 30 seconds long so not too long to get bored with.

John

[Alan]

If they are all as good as the Bairds John, bring them on!

Personally I'd like to see the Hoopoe and LS Woody, but any would be great.

[Mark43]

Well you don't need to ask me if it is worth putting them up or not.........bring it on

Oh and btw i am sure that was a Pectoral Sandpiper...........you sure you got it right

[StuartDH]

Just to let everyone know, we're not yet ready to start posting videos in the gallery as it will take quite a bit of moderating, quality control and file compression to get it right.

I've switched off the upload facility for the moment and I'll let you know when we're ready to start showing videos.

Cheers

Stu

[John]

Originally Posted by StuartDH

Just to let everyone know, we're not yet ready to start posting videos in the gallery as it will take quite a bit of moderating, quality control and file compression to get it right.

I've switched off the upload facility for the moment and I'll let you know when we're ready to start showing videos.

Cheers

Stu

Fair enough Stu

I hadn't realised that. With all the postings regarding this subject I thought it was already in operation. Let us know when you are ready.

John

[StuartDH]

If you could email me the original video before it was compressed then I'll run it through various compressions to see which one comes up best.

Was it originally 320x240? Ideally, 640x480 would be good if you've got it.

Stu

[John]

Originally Posted by Mark43

Well you don't need to ask me if it is worth putting them up or not.........bring it on

Oh and btw i am sure that was a Pectoral Sandpiper...........you sure you got it right

I am dead sure. I was with this bird for over an hour. It is far too small to be a Pec Sand. The eye stripe is far too thick. It is lacking a prominent white eye ring. The breast streaking doesn't cut off in a straight line as it should on a Pec. The legs are the wrong colour (black on a Bairds yellow through to grey green on a Pec) and it is also lacking the white stripes down the back.

I hope that has helped you to visualise the differences.

John

[Mark43]

Originally Posted by John

I am dead sure. I was with this bird for over an hour. It is far too small to be a Pec Sand. The eye stripe is far too thick. It is lacking a prominent white eye ring. The breast streaking doesn't cut off in a straight line as it should on a Pec. The legs are the wrong colour (black on a Bairds yellow through to grey green on a Pec) and it is also lacking the white stripes down the back.

I hope that has helped you to visualise the differences.

John

OK OK I knew you were right really

But thats one of the reasons for posting these movies..........especially of the rarer species........its so much easier if you see something in real life or footage of it then you tend to remember it better rather than when you just look at a picture in a book.