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Packing for a birding trip

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Optics is never checked-in and it always travels with me.

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March by Goethe

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Goethe is generally referred to as the world’s “last universal genius&# , as he was a leading authority in all scientific and philosophic fields, e.g. poetry, literature, philosophy, medical sciences, anatomy, physics, maths, and also – yes – biology. Hat-tip to Stella. Thanks for visiting! Wicked, right?

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A Problem with Gulls

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It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. The adults always show more black and less white in the wing tips and this is especially obvious on the underwing which shows only a tiny amount of white. Yellow legs.

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