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    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    Thanks Jeff, I did read the first post rules but obviously it didn’t sink in. So it looks like I was naughty with number 4, sorry about that, deleted the second post. How do I go about linking my post to the previous bird in rule no 5? Also can you explain what you mean by “3 wrong entries” in...
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    Poncho vs. Rain Jacket and Pants

    We used to do a lot of the CBC’s here in Costa Rica and the teams that had brightly coloured umbrellas did just fine with their count numbers. Not sure if that means the birds just didn’t notice or just didn’t care. True about the hummers reactions though, they’d occasionally come out onto the...
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    Poncho vs. Rain Jacket and Pants

    Perhaps the wonder of finding oneself in that pickle in an entirely new country which might be kinda cool. Otherwise, I just chalk it up to a future good story. Of course there are exceptions in how rain and wind can happen in Central America but based on my experience of travelling and living...
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    Best marine binoculars?

    As an experiment I tried using my SF 8x42’s as a marine bin and for one afternoon alternated between them and the Maven’s. Needless to say though I naturally prefer the view from the Sf’s the little Maven’s were considerably better suited as a marine binocular. For overnight passagemaking and...
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    Best marine binoculars?

    Fifteen or so years ago I bought a pair of Canon 10x30’s for the occasional impromptu pelagic birding while sailing. Living on the boat it was inevitable they would be pressed into service as a marine bin and their usability for that purpose was a real eye opener. Locating distant day markers in...
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    This mornings (March 18,24) raptor migration boil.

    So you’re saying I saw chickens flying in that raptor boil?😂 Kidding aside my own understanding is the connection is more or less settled science. That Jack Horner TedTalk video is over 12 years old but it’s still has some relevance today.
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    This mornings (March 18,24) raptor migration boil.

    Managed to get a vid of a boil we were fortunate to witness this morning. This was here in Perez Zelodon, Costa Rica. Mostly Swainson’s Hawks, Broad-winged Hawks and a few Grey Hawks. There were hundreds in total. I even spotted one Black hawk Eagle. You can hear Clay-coloured Thrush and...
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    Show Us Your Maven

    Old thread I know but thought I’d add this to the mix. My semi custom 6x30’s. I say “semi custom” because this colour of armour and trim are listed as “no cost” on Mavens custom page. I like how their stock black is actually a sort of soft charcoal grey. The only bit I paid extra for was the...
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    Costa Rica birding advice

    Birding by ear is probably the most common way the locals identify birds here. If you’ve seen 30 species in a single morning I can almost guarantee you’ve missed another 40 by ear, ask me how I know😉 My own ear is getting better but I’ll still use Merlin. It seems to hover around 75 to 85% for...
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    Poncho vs. Rain Jacket and Pants

    Yeah, the umbrella hat did look like it was a bit small for protecting a camera from the rain. My search did turn up a very large umbrella hat but unless they’ve designed it to be as light as possible it looks like it might strain the neck muscles. I’ve been doing a bit of research lately into...
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    Poncho vs. Rain Jacket and Pants

    The hands free kit looks like it’d work nicely. For fun I did a search for “hands free umbrellas” and clicked on image. Wow, folks have given the whole hands free thing a lot of thought. I even found the classic “umbrella hat” in camo! Some of them smack of a solution in search of a problem...
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    Poncho vs. Rain Jacket and Pants

    Good to hear, the camo is a nice touch. On one bird count someone brought a hot pink umbrella, Hummers were a bit curious but not sure if it kept the passerine’s away or not. Saw a guy photographing Quetzals who had a big umbrella clamped to his camera and tripod, looked professional and comfy...
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    Poncho vs. Rain Jacket and Pants

    Interesting topic, I’m friends and acquaintances with a cross section of field guides, local birders and biologists in Central America and every one of them packs an umbrella as their primary wet weather gear. Very few rain jackets, sometimes a light poncho but only as a “let’s just give up and...
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    Back in Western Mexico

    Missed the Flammulated Flycatcher when we were there, in fact I dipped on quite a few species in Mexico so hope to go back someday. The Tufted Jay being pretty high on that wish list. Were you able to visit Peregrine during the lockdown? Copernicus was on the hard in Nova Scotia when the...
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    Alternatives to Raven or Audacity for iPad?

    You’re welcome! 😉 Yeah, I’m surprised none of the iPad apps are including spectrogram viewing, seems a pretty basic requirement. It’s a shame the Audacity developers don’t have the resources to build an iPad version but those open source developers have their hands full just keeping up with...
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