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Springtime in Bonn

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I spent some time sitting on the lawn and watching an Eurasian Green Woodpecker forage around me. Eurasian Green Woodpecker In other areas, the lawn was densely covered in daisies and I experimented a bit with photographing from low angles to make the daisies look even more dense.

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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan (again)

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This Great Spotted Woodpecker isn’t even trying to hide its spots. One paper on Great Spotted Woodpeckers is titled “Requirements by the Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major for a suburban life”, but contrary to my expectation, it does not state that the birds need a car (an SUV, perhaps?)

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Duck Migration

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Then, at 6 PM, as the sun disappeared completely over the horizon, the ducks on the pond started massing on the west end of the pond, with many small flocks from all over the pond flying in to the west end until it was basically covered with ducks. Dominic Gendron Mar 14th, 2011 at 8:43 pm Wow thats a lot of ducks!

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Swarovski BTX – A new era in birdwatching

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It is my opinion from personal experience that there is really no point in buying the BTX without the extender. With the use of the ME 1.7x magnification extender, which I cannot praise enough and highly recommend, they can be increased to 50x and 60x respectively. Nearly all extenders affect the quality of the image viewed. This one doesn’t.

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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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I am still tired from the long drive, but it was great to play with the very best toys for birders, to be able to share experiences and to ask the factory staff all sorts of silly questions. Yesterday evening I got home from the second Swarovski Skills Camp at Lake Neusiedl in the east of Austria. impressive for Central Europe.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of November 2016)

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One small thing that made me happy this weekend was the return of Long-tailed Ducks to our lakeshore. Corey could have chosen his first Pine Siskins of the year in New York, a Red-headed Woodpecker , a late Osprey , or a Vesper Sparrow as his Best Bird of the Weekend this weekend. Can Snowy Owls be far behind?

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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These are included as part of the summary and are maintained in the list, despite objections by some purists, to give the full, rich experience as enjoyed by your lucky, lucky beats. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha). American Black Duck (Anas rubripes). Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca).

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