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Bird Photography Equipment – Canon EF 300 f/4 L IS Macro

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I have had a couple of weeks of testing this configuration and further testing revealed some additional amazing results that I did not expect. I came across this while testing the 300 with kenko 2X TC and there we no birds to shoot. In this case the 7D has been set in manual, f/18, speed 1/100, ISO between 2000 and 3200.

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Noudar Nature Park, Portugal

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At the heart of both these Directives is the creation of a network of sites called Natura 2000. A model in sustainable agriculture and tourism, Noudar is part of the Natura 2000 Network. This legislation is called the Habitats Directive and complements the Birds Directive adopted in 1979.

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How To Choose A Digiscoping Camera

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After you have your scope and your camera adapter, take that equipment to a camera store and test away. I had read Mike McDowell’s blog and got an idea of the camera I wanted and could afford, but kept an open mind while we tested different cameras with the scope. So many of my first photos were like this: Arty?

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Raptors of Mexico and Central America: A Book Review

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Press, 2000), and over 140 journal and magazine articles and conference proceedings. The Introduction also gives an outline of the book two sections, with background on how to use certain sections, including an extensive explanation of molt and its terminology. John Schmitt, Oxford Univ.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. It’s a very mixed chapter. The authors occasionally add mini-essays on species increases, declines, or distribution.

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

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All these people were legends – I barely scraped past 2000 in half a century. I described what I had done, and she happily started ticking every possible test for every possible tropical disease on her little lab sheet – from bubonic plague to yaws. Her whole demeanour just said: this is what I studied for all those years.

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