Sunday, March 23, 2014
Digital Age and Birding
The introduction of digital photographic
cameras has unleashed a revolution in the documentation of wildlife,
both fauna and flora. With the expansion of the Internet it is now
possible to take a photo and in a matter of minutes post it online
and, if one doesn't know what the subject is, ask for ID online and
very often the answer will also come within minutes. Brazilians have
taken to photographing the rich wildlife of their country in large
numbers. The web site Wiki Aves ( http://www.wikiaves.com.br/
) now has thousands of contributors and photos of 1816 of the 1901
species of birds so far registered in Brazil. Also interesting was the
creation of two Facebook groups "IdentificaĆ§Ć£o de aves" (Bird ID group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/indentificacaodeaves/ ) and the Para-Wikiaves group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/181916121942835/
), which is a fascinating group, dedicated to the online identification
of animals and plants of all kinds except birds! The name is a homage
to the very successful Wiki Aves. Photos for ID have ranged from plants
to insects in spider webs to footprints. For an example check this
photo, taken by Oscar Brizzio, of a Jararacussu, a spectacular and very
poisonous fer-de-lance (pit vipers in the genus Bothrops) from South
America ( https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=455839721184220&set=gm.397644553703323&type=1&theater , this one photographed in the Atlantic forest of Sao Paulo state in SE Brazil).
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