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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of April 2021)

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Vaccinated, with no symptoms and negative tests to boot, Corey got to Prospect Park in Brooklyn and was very relieved that the previously reported Progne martin was still present, on its fourth day. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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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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Water, Water, Everywhere

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And my decision to take this as a learning experience led to some interesting conclusions — and even some pretty cool birds. It was time to test the umbrella method again. Bronzed Cowbirds were also present.). I had already chosen to go back up to Lake Cuitzeo on this particular day (October 25th). But so worth it!

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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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Want to Create Amazing Experiences? Start With Design Thinking.

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Author: Pete Dufner As a creative director in a past life, I witnessed Natasha Jen’s “Design Thinking is Bull ” presentation back at the HOW conference in 2017. The five stages of design thinking are: empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test.” Say it with me folks, empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

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My Top Ten Birds of 2016 (or, Let’s Remember the Good Things about 2016)

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There is no experience comparable to birding a dump, and, I have to say, I have never experienced a dump like this one. Seeing this giant, awkward yet majestic bird walk through the densely littered landscape was a surreal experience. (4) I saw this Greater Adjutant in Assam, India, where they scavenge in the Guwahati city dump.

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