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Recent content by Joe H

  1. Joe H

    California, 2024

    Congratulations on getting 3/4s of the way to your goal with a full summer, fall and a bit of winter left in the year! I don't recall reading about any pelagic trips yet (I may have missed, I'll have to go back if so) so hopefully there are still some big hauls available. I'll be very...
  2. Joe H

    Shots of birds, taken with your pocket camera

    The image used for my avatar, and all but one of the pictures in my gallery were taken with inexpensive pocket cameras. The attached picture was too. The cheeky Kookaburra plonked itself in the center of a backyard table while we were cooking up sausages on the BBQ. Despite our kids’ scolding...
  3. Joe H

    Alaska - flies and other nuisance insects

    I saw a local update on the Denali Highway road conditions posted on-line so I thought I'd share it here. Man, that's a lot of snow!
  4. Joe H

    Wagtail Poland

    I'll post a chart I just found on-line showing the wide range of sub-species for White Wagtails. It's a good idea these days to keep track of the sub-species with all the recent DNA based splits being accepted these days.
  5. Joe H

    Sticky Focus Wheels

    I’m not sure if the following is pertinent, but my 20 year old 8x32 ELs developed a (to me) less than acceptably rough focus knob. Instead of sending them in for repair, I squirted WD-40 behind the plastic/rubber focus knob and turned it back and forwards a few times. The improvement in...
  6. Joe H

    California, 2024

    I just wanted to post a short thank you for taking the time to detail your 2024 California birding effort. I am thoroughly enjoying your impressive march toward 400! I won't clog up your posts with a bunch of complimentary interruptions, but rest assured I (and certainly a good number of...
  7. Joe H

    Stories Behind Birds You've Photographed

    This picture and story are copied from my gallery. The photo of an Albert's Lyrebird was taken a few years before my wife got me into birdwatching and before I discovered this cool website. I took this picture on my honeymoon in 2002 using an old film camera. My wife and I had just started a...
  8. Joe H

    Spring Migration of raptors - Mexico

    If you Google “Gunsight Mountain Hawkwatch” you’ll see that Alaska gets a well-attended influx of raptors through a series of mountain passes that funnel the birds to an easy viewing location along the road system. I’ve attended in past years, you can get most of your yearly raptor tics in a...
  9. Joe H

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    If no one objects, I might be able to play a gray-headed, hooked-billed raptor: New Caledonia Goshawk for #2409
  10. Joe H

    Repair Process for my old Dialyt 8x30B

    Postscript: The family reunion was a resounding success. I took a photograph of my father-in-law along with the old 8x30s and his replacement Zeiss binoculars. It’s pretty impressive that two binoculars can last a man an entire lifetime (well, 60 or 70 years of birding anyway). One of my kids...
  11. Joe H

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    How could I have missed that?!? Sorry, 2404 is still up for grabs.
  12. Joe H

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    I get to play! #2404, Iraqi Babbler, seen in Iraq in 2005 or 2006.
  13. Joe H

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    1166. Double-barred Finch, seen up in Darwin, Australia.
  14. Joe H

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    I think #1082 above might be the same bird as #572.
  15. Joe H

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    1078. Red-bellied Fruit Dove, Vanuatu
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