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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

10,000 Birds

Yesterday evening I got home from the second Swarovski Skills Camp at Lake Neusiedl in the east of Austria. 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. impressive for Central Europe.

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Binocular snobbery

10,000 Birds

From Germany we flew to Majorca to test the binoculars in the field (it was a hard life); I remember enjoying watching such delights as black vultures and moustached warblers ( below ) with my new binoculars. We had met before, so when he encountered me in Austria he asked me what I was doing there.

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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

Hence the psychological continuum described (below) by Austria's Association Against Animal Factories from about a year ago. This, now, is a very practical matter, where all measures we take must be tested empirically on their consequences. Hence, what we need from this point onwards is psychology and not philosophy.