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The perfect phone for a birder?

To: Tony Russell <>
Subject: The perfect phone for a birder?
From: Chris <>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:41:56 -0800 (PST)
The inbuilt GPS?  :) 



On 30/12/2009, at 11:08 AM, "Tony Russell" <> wrote:

And further to my previous note, what good is a phone if you don't know
where you are ??

Tony


-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Tony Russell
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:12 AM
To: 'Alan Gillanders'
Cc: Birds
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] The perfect phone for a birder?


When going off any beaten track I always take a GPS, spare batteries, a
magnetic compass, and maps if obtainable. Then there are the other
things to take note of before setting off - any visible landscape
features, fences, sun position, wind direction, cloud direction,
orientation of any roads which might have traffic noises.  I lost myself
once for twenty minutes in mallee scrub without any of these, never
again.  I got out by listening for traffic and bisecting the noise start
/finish directions.  Luckily a vehicle went by within earshot.  I
emerged half a kilometre from where I had gone in.

Tony


-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Alan Gillanders
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:09 PM
To: Dave & Marj; 
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] The perfect phone for a birder?


Dave,
I agree with you.
My off the beaten track walking is usually done in dense rainforest
where 
the tools you mention are useful but limited.
Regards,
Alan



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