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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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The indoor workshop started with a Covid self-testing (where everyone was negative), followed by lectures on the Swarovski company, its ethos and products. The next day we had an outdoor workshop and a chance to test the toys. At the end of the workshop we all went birding, to further test the glasses of our choice.

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Binoculars Review: Swarovski NL Pure 10×32

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After testing both Swarovski NL Pure 10×42 and 12×42, I – a self-confessed lover of smallish full-size binoculars, felt the urge to try the latest 32 mm NLs. Although I did test them thoroughly later, I knew from that first sight, this pair was made for me. What made me so certain, so quickly, so easily?

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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. Nobody was prepared for what that something was. and Aaaah’s! Boy was I wrong.

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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

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Though I guess such an adaptability can also be seen as an indicator of intelligence … Eurasian Jays are related to these crows, they are also regarded as highly intelligent, and unsurprisingly, they are also subjected to various intelligence tests by researchers.

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Into the Clouds

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Flycatchers are some of the kindest birds to photograph, this Euler’s Flycatcher helped me test my camera settings. Thus unwittingly flushed a Chestnut Woodpecker that was stationed on a liana-covered tree immediately next to the path. Another Rufous-breasted Hermit darted across in front of us. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush.

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

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The forests are home to Kalij Pheasants , Crested Tree Swifts , Ashy Wood Swallows , owlets, woodpeckers, spider hunters, barbets and bulbuls, laughingthrushes and hornbills. The rivers here will give you a chance to find Ibisbill , White-capped and Plumbeous Water Redstarts , Small Pratincoles and forktails.

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My Favorite Release

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That kicked off our One-Eyed Project – we fly and test all one-eyed raptors, and it continues to this day.”. “I’ve Maggie Rufo, who works with Veronica at NSCC in Sebastopol, remembers a juvenile Pileated Woodpecker she agreed to release where it had been found in Mendocino. “I They stayed all winter, then left again.