Twite in Ballisodare Bay, Co. Sligo

This Twite was filmed as it fed on the seed heads of Sea Arrow Grass at 'The Inishes' in Ballisodare Bay on the 25th November 2007.

Photos nad more information on
http://www.sligobirding.com

Category:

Pets & Animals

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• Twite
• ballisodare
• Ballysadare
• Sligo
• Ireland
• Bird
• Wildlife

[folkq]

It looks as though it would be(a lot better).I'd been thinking of posting some film but its a shame it loses so much in convertion.What a great bird though. Finches are special. There's a bend in a country road where I film Twite, Linnet, Chaffinch and Goldfinch taking grit. They're regular as clockwork.

[sligobirding]

Well, you have to take a balanced view - it's seen by the maximum possible audience, it can take any format, its fast, its free, anyone can find your clip easily - the loss of quality is the downside. If you look at some of the network TV programmes or professional music videos on YouTube & think what it cost to make them, and look at how they look on YouTube, it's amazing that a clip filmed on a Coolpix 4500 attached to a telescope is watchable at all. Where do you film your Twite?

[folkq]

nice film, pity about the pixelation

[sligobirding]

Part of the problem is the amount of pixelation that you get converting to YouTube format - the original is actually a good bit better (but not perfect)

[folkq]

You're right. It's a great medium. I've been watching clips of North American Warblers- a favourite goup of mine, and most of which I've never seen on film before. There is also often a certain adhoc charm not only in amateur footage but in the texture of posted films, even though it is in equal measure frustrating. The place where I film the Twite taking grit is in Perthshire. In the same place I've seen ten or eleven raptor species and most recently film of Ring Ousels and Short-eared Owl.

[myjugsarehuge]

great video