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Packing for a birding trip

10,000 Birds

But, in the rainforests of e.g. Central America, a scope is – most of the time – a total waste of space and weight. Don’t forget all the cables, chargers, backup batteries and international electrical adapters! Whatever, here I go. The first thing is obviously a pair of binoculars. During a week in Costa Rica, I used it only twice.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

This research was actually done only about 10 km away from a place I once lived for a couple of years, in Radolfszell, Germany. ” At Tianmashan, one can almost always hear Grey-capped Greenfinches. If you want to signal to your environment that you a. Like this bird family b. Like bad jokes and c.

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