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Come@me:Cameras with AA batteries are the best

10,000 Birds

Despite the disadvantage of not being able to take many photos or having to wait for the photos to be developed you did not need to worry about batteries, because they were all manually operated. The Kodal Tele-ektralite 20 was a compact battery free camera and at the time it did not seem too big to carry around.

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Isolation, a.k.a. Business as Usual

10,000 Birds

Before we got to our destination, I pulled the car over to investigate an almost deafening twittering. A Lineated Woodpecker banged its head against a dry branch. We counted seven of these alluring birds while I killed my camera battery. These irruptive visitors to T&T always are a pleasure to experience. Turquoise Tanager.

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