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Swarovski NL Pure – the Sexiest Binoculars Ever

10,000 Birds

ELs are fat around the waist, their weight is more pronounced towards the front end, and when you raise your fingers, letting ELs rest only against your thumbs, they start falling down, front end first. And when you raise your fingers, well balanced NLs happily rest against your thumbs, not falling to either side.

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Birding Chaco at JV Gonzles – Trip Report

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This dirt road was the soybean truck-nightmare; about every 10 minutes we had large double-trailer trucks filled with soybeans drive very fast and raise a huge dust cloud that took another 5 minutes to settle. The first views of a Brown Cachalote made up for all of the dust sucking experience. Brown Cachalote. Crested Hornero.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

10,000 Birds

Raised in the Galapagos, she’s been exposed to penguins her whole life. These were not easy journeys, and we can only guess how much time was spent making contacts and raising funds to go to the ends of the earth or the middle of nowhere, where the penguins live.

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