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My Do-over

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However, I rarely get to travel with family or friends who share my obsession. But, as I detailed last week , that drive to the Pacific Coast was a rather spectacular failure, because of a highly unseasonal rain, and my failure to recharge my camera battery. Anytime I travel, I do what it takes to get in some birding.

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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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But Swarovski Optik is a family-owned business, so the then CEO, Mr. Swarovski, categorically rejected the advice and decided: factory stays in Austria, and the prices will only go up! At the end of the 20th century (and before the ELs were born), the factory hired consultants to help it restructure and maximise profits.

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Isolation, a.k.a. Business as Usual

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This extremely vocal member of the vireo family utters its rich warble incessantly from sun-up to sun-down but it rarely makes itself visible. We counted seven of these alluring birds while I killed my camera battery. Naturally, as soon as I reached for my camera, it vanished.

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The Other Side of the Egg Debate

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But with battery eggs costing about $2 a dozen and organic free-range eggs costing between $5 and $6 a dozen, the impact of the proposed change goes beyond poultry. For some families who are struggling, eggs are a common staple that you can feed a lot of mouths without a lot of money,” she told the Straight.

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On Post-Hurricane Birding in Queens

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I dropped my meager box of baby supplies off and stopped to chat to the two volunteers who were already helping people who had stopped in looking for warm clothing, batteries, and a sympathetic ear. I have never seen Evening Grosbeaks in Queens. It was almost enough to make this avowed atheist believe in karma.

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Goliath Herons at Lake Panic

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The bird life of Kruger National Park appears to be distilled into a small area surrounding the hide and they seem oblivious to the observers with their battery of lenses poking out from the wooden building. As the name suggests, the Goliath Heron is the world’s biggest member of the Ardea family.

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Review of iBird Ultimate 7.2

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So when we were contacted by Mitchell Waite, the creator and owner of the iBird family of apps, offering a promotional code for the new version of iBird Ultimate in return for a review I thought, why not? After all, I don’t want to bring down the wrath of the number one birder in the world.

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