The weather outlook here is kind of disappointing: Saturday is forecast to be pretty breezy but with a high of 71. Sunday? High in the low 40's with snow, followed by a lower chance of snow on Monday with a high of about 50% that of Saturday (36F). That's depressing.
Speaking of such things, the Vernal Equinox is tomorrow when the Sun crosses the equator at 11:44 a.m. UT(GMT) and Spring will "officially" begin (that's 7:44 a.m. EDT/4:44 a.m PDT). Who forgot to tell the folks forecasting my weather?
Reading the entry Some Thoughts on Twitter and Birding over at A D.C. Birding Blog last week enticed me to have a look at a developing service called ChirpTracker. It is still in the developmental stages and the beta is only available by requesting to participate. I frankly see great potential for this service if you are a birder, especially when they get the "groups' functionality going because, if I understand the concept correctly, you could follow birders in a particular area and see what people are reporting rather quickly. Should work just fine on cell phones with web apps, too. One really great feature is the ability to show a pretty precise location for a sighting using GoogleMaps. The screenshot is the "viewing detail" of my posting of the White-throated Swifts yesterday (if you are carrying a GPS you can enter exact coordinates - in this case I had to make an adjustment of the marker position since I only entered the location as"Bryce Canyon"). As it develops, this thing just might be a lot better than subscribing to the various birding "listserves" for rapid communication with other birders. I am pretty excited about it.
The 96th edition of I and the Bird is being hosted this go 'round by The Birdchaser. You should head on over there for some good reads.
Speaking of such things, the Vernal Equinox is tomorrow when the Sun crosses the equator at 11:44 a.m. UT(GMT) and Spring will "officially" begin (that's 7:44 a.m. EDT/4:44 a.m PDT). Who forgot to tell the folks forecasting my weather?
Reading the entry Some Thoughts on Twitter and Birding over at A D.C. Birding Blog last week enticed me to have a look at a developing service called ChirpTracker. It is still in the developmental stages and the beta is only available by requesting to participate. I frankly see great potential for this service if you are a birder, especially when they get the "groups' functionality going because, if I understand the concept correctly, you could follow birders in a particular area and see what people are reporting rather quickly. Should work just fine on cell phones with web apps, too. One really great feature is the ability to show a pretty precise location for a sighting using GoogleMaps. The screenshot is the "viewing detail" of my posting of the White-throated Swifts yesterday (if you are carrying a GPS you can enter exact coordinates - in this case I had to make an adjustment of the marker position since I only entered the location as"Bryce Canyon"). As it develops, this thing just might be a lot better than subscribing to the various birding "listserves" for rapid communication with other birders. I am pretty excited about it. The 96th edition of I and the Bird is being hosted this go 'round by The Birdchaser. You should head on over there for some good reads.
Well, sorry you have to start out your spring with that weather. At least the canyon looks nice in the snow, though!
It is beautiful in snow, that's true. We'll put up with it off and on into May and even June. The price you pay for living with the beauty of the High Plateaus of Utah . . .