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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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As I am already familiar with CL Companion, ELs and NLs, as well as the ATS/STX scopes, now I had a chance to try those toys I am not familiar with, such as hunting EL Range binoculars with built-in electronics telling the user the distance and an azimuth angle (interesting, but I still prefer my binoculars without batteries).

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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A Crested Serpent Eagle , looking a bit ridiculous after a rain. This is a juvenile Grey-headed Fish Eagle , unless it is another fish eagle like the Lesser (the lack of any grey head makes me doubt the identification a bit, but it seems juveniles cannot afford a grey head yet). Well, it seems such people exist.

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Come@Me Week Round Up

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1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7AM – Intro Post. 7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. 1PM – Mike: Lookalike Birds Should Be Lumped. 7AM – Donna: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle.

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Welcome to Come@Me Week

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1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. We are more refined, merely enjoying invasive species, thinking extinct birds are gone and you should get over it, and that those who like to watch gulls probably have a screw or two loose. 7AM – Intro Post.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ankeny NWR–Eagle Marsh. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. African Hawk-Eagle – Aquila spilogaster. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Tawny Eagle – Aquila rapax.

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The Greek Strategy

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Head for the sea only when you fully recharge your batteries. Triklario/Sfika, SE of the lake), Golden Eagle , Barred Warbler , Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush , Black-headed Bunting , etc. To reach Prespa Lakes, from Niki continue through Florina, from there right for Albania and veer right for the lakes.

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Week 26: San juan Islands

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That, and 10 days back on the way was going to be a great to recharge the batteries after a long round-the-world trip. A pair Bald Eagles were doing fly-bys over our heads , and there were Belted Kingfishers, Canada Geese , A pair of Mallards, and three Great Blue Herons. Here is a small group shot of those Purple Martins.

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