[nysbirds-l] Sit-and-Wait (Good) vs. Active Foraging (Bad) Strategies

2010-11-05 Thread Shaibal Mitra
I spent a little over an hour at Captree this afternoon, during which the Common Ground-Dove was seen just once, and for just a few minutes. About a dozen birders were searching for the bird, and it became quite clear to me that their mostly uncoordinated efforts were not likely to produce

[nysbirds-l] Sit-and-Wait (Good) vs. Active Foraging (Bad) Strategies

2010-11-05 Thread Shaibal Mitra
I spent a little over an hour at Captree this afternoon, during which the Common Ground-Dove was seen just once, and for just a few minutes. About a dozen birders were searching for the bird, and it became quite clear to me that their mostly uncoordinated efforts were not likely to produce