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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. The next day we had an outdoor workshop and a chance to test the toys. You know that classical definition of what separates men from boys?

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More Heath Birding around Bonn

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I’m not sure if this is exclusively my limited experience, let me know! This unusual bird is definitely one of my favourite species in Europe, so I was very happy to connect with it (and to hear its call for the first time). I knew that this species had been seen here two weeks earlier, but did not expect to see it at all.

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Come See Birds and…Everything

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The best test of that proposition, of course, is to repeat it to any one of the hundreds of thousands of birders who have, say, a family. Birders are almost by definition interesting and interested people, and those interests—even if they don’t push birding completely out of mind—range widely.

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Swarovski BTX – A new era in birdwatching

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Testing the BTX at Vlasina Lake, South-east Serbia (note the forehead rest and finder) As an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer I am quite familiar with binoviewers and employ them frequently for visual work with telescopes. It is my opinion from personal experience that there is really no point in buying the BTX without the extender.

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Shearwater Chase in Costa Rica

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I strained to see them, could only see an occasional booby escape our bow, watch some of the hundreds of Wedge-tailed and Pink-footed Shearwaters zip by and hold on as our boat tested its speed. As we approached and drew nearly alongside the small seabirds, we also tested the limits of our optics, our balance, and our focus.

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S4 Gear Lockdown Binocular Harness

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Plus, the Optics Deployment System looks smart, rugged, and high-tech, which is definitely the look I strive for in the field. I had no problem getting bins on birds quickly during my field tests. Let me know both your impressions and experiences in the field! Opening my review kit certainly supported my initial expectations.

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On Different Results of Direct Action

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Here's another direct action and its result, as described in an interview by Larry Mantle on KPCC Radio (it's the one called " Animal Rights vs. Animal Testing "). He speaks of the "mixed message of the animal rights community" that animals are so much like us, yet not enough like us to experiment on. That's one result.