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    Making feed last longer

    I've done homemade suet cakes, and they last 2-3 days in my back yard. Filling a feeder with loose seed, it lasts about one day. Most of the birds that come are the little house finches (which I've read are essentially vermin and are to be exterminated but I cannot bring myself to do that)...
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    Gila woodpeckers have returned!

    Female never really left, male I haven't seen since around the end of summer. He's back as of today! They both dig through whatever I've put out, looking for the dried cranberries, for their sweet tooths. :)
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    Watching quail grow up

    June, babies are around. All grown up, this is from last weekend I believe.
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    Video of several quail coveys feeding

    I use a homemade suet recipe, and have had three, and possibly four, different coveys of quail link up as one large group to hit the feeders. I am working on additional videos, but I have footage of all of these families coming by the yard over the last 6-9 months, starting with several mated...
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    AZ Hummingbird

    Please forgive image size, I'm trying to give as much visual detail as possible. And please forgive pics, holding heavy binos in one hand and stupid clumsy phone in the other while trying to shoot through the binos! This little plumper has been hitting my feeder, but rather than going to the...
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    Heat-stable suet recipe

    I have been using this, or some variation thereof, for the entire summer in Pima Co, AZ. We've had temps approaching 110 at my house, back in July/Aug. This recipe is not only well-loved by the birds (they literally swarm it as soon as I place it out), but its survived direct sunlight on very...
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    Birds vs insects

    Got a pair of nice peach trees. I am not eating peaches at the moment, but over the past few years, I have had hundreds of wasps invade the yard, build hives under my eves and under my roof tile, terrorize my family, and swarm my peach trees. Ever since I started putting out feeders, the wasp...
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    A Cardinal question and a generic question

    A mated pair of cardinals are back for the second year, and I keep them happy with black oil seed. The male rarely hits the feeder if there are other birds on it. And if he's on the feeder, he will allow himself (usually) to be pushed off by other birds. I have a platform feeder, and he was...
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    Coconut

    I just made another batch of suet cake, and this time I added some shredded coconut. Within minutes of me putting it out, I had dozens of birds in the yard, and dozens of fights!!!! This stuff must be like crack :) My wrens were openly hostile toward each other and a couple of thrashers came...
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    Suet recipe, heat tolerant!

    I have been experimenting with attracting birds using various suet recipes, and have found one that keep the backyard birds coming back from dawn to dusk. I thought I would share in case anyone else has an interest in trying homemade recipes (mine starts with a commercial base). I have seen a...
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    DSLR + Spotter

    I've had great success attaching my DSLR to various telescopes. I've had none with spotting scopes, however. I've got a couple of cheap, and one VERY expensive, cell-phone adapters that mate to bino, telescope, and spotting scope eye pieces. However the images I get are terrible compared to a...
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    Feeder and bath compilation

    16 minutes of my daily visitors enjoying the bath and feeder.
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    First pics

    These were taken with an older Canon DSLR and a Omegon 72/432mm APO. These were some of the first pictures I took with that camera, and some of the first pictures I've taken since 1994 with an SLR. I'm hoping to get better in time and get into it as a part time hobby.
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    Tucson AZ

    Here are a few short clips of some of the visitors I get to my yard near Tucson AZ. I post the videos for my folks (elderly) and my aunt (same) who each love to see the variety. The cardinals are my favorites by far as they are both very regal. I may show my ignorance, but prior to...
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    Hello

    Greetings to all. I've been here on and off for a bit, mostly for optics reviews and the for sale section acquiring gear. I enjoy being outside more than in. I have had a love for birds since I was young, and have recently gotten into digiscoping and basic photography of wildlife, starting...
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    Older vs newer SLC

    Hi gang. 15x56 SLCs.... Have an opportunity to buy a set made in 2004, vs new. I'm very ignorant when it comes to Swaro glass. I've begun to realize there is HD glass/flourite, various coating differences, etc. with regards to generation and mfg time. Wondering if anyone has compared a...
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    Zen Ray adapter

    I hope I am putting this in the correct forum. I have a Zen Ray 20-60x80 spotter (aka Gen 1 Vortex Razor near as I can tell) and I'd love to be able to take pictures with my DSLR and/or Android phone. I have seen numerous generic adapters on amazon that are said to adapt to different...
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    HDF vs HDF T

    I received two HDF eyepieces in a trade, but can only find modern references to HDF T eyepieces. What are the differences? Thanks.
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    Hummingbird through Zen-Ray

    I managed to find a pristine Zen-Ray 20-60 ED2 for a steal, and picked up the Vortex Razor (gen1) 30x wide angle EP for it. The combination is stunning. I took my parents into the mountains today with my Pentax PF65ED, PF80ED, various astro eyepices, the Zen-Ray and a handful of binoculars...
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    Zen-Ray ED2 padded cover

    Just received a nice Zen-Ray ED2 20-60x80 and, I must, say, its a wonderful instrument. I have a Vortex 30x fixed wide angle EP on order for it as well. Looking for a nice, padded scope cover for it. I've read various anecdotal posts here and there that posit that the ZR and the Vortex Gen 1...
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    Opticron SDLv2 vs Pentax

    I wasn't sure if this should go in the Pentax forum or the Opticron forum, so here it is instead. Does anyone know how the Opticron SDLv2 compares to the Pentax SMC that comes with the PF65ED? How about how it compares to the Pentax ED zoom that comes with the 80 and 100mm PFs? Thanks.
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    Zeiss Diascope vs Razor Gen 2

    Hello to all. I've been lurking for a while. Sorry my first post isn't friendly, but needy. Ha. A fellow close to me has a Zeiss Diascope 65T FL for sale. Its a grey tube, not the black that I see on the current model. Don't know if that means its older or what, but I suspect so. He has...
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