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  1. Peter Audrain

    Wing loading information

    Does anyone know of a good source for wing-loading data on all of the bird species commonly seen in North America? I've come to understand how much wing-loading figures can suggest about flight styles and speed. I'd love to be able to go to a single list, webpage, or book to look up reliable...
  2. Peter Audrain

    Sales advice

    My father has lost mobility and is interested in selling his Pentax PF-80ED 80mm straight-through spotting scope and SMC XW14 1.25" eyepiece, in order to trade down to something, like IS binoculars, better suited to his current birding lifestyle. Where do you think he would do best to sell...
  3. Peter Audrain

    Speculum on female Common Eider

    In late December, at the outlet of Scarborough Marsh into the ocean, at Scarborough, Maine, I saw several male and female Common Eiders among Common Loons, Common Mergansers, Long-tailed Ducks, White-winged Scoters, and Black Scoters. All of the swimming female Common Eiders had two very...
  4. Peter Audrain

    Where to buy binoculars in London

    I will be in London in January, and have started to wonder whether the current pound-dollar exchange rate and VAT refunds wouldn’t, between them, add up to a good discount if I were to buy some dream binoculars there, instead of in the U.S. I’d like to check on the prices of various...
  5. Peter Audrain

    Owling and ED glass

    I have gotten interested in birding around sunset, because—owls! And I don't own any ED glass binoculars, but I have read, in discussions of their benefits, that in principle ED glass improves low-light performance. My question is: How much? One way to make this question answerable is to...
  6. Peter Audrain

    Sony HX99 (and HX80/B)

    I’ve never used a camera while birdwatching, and am considering a very gingerly first dip of the toe into this area. I wouldn’t care very much about taking artistic pictures. I would care about: Capturing accurate reference shots, minimum weight and bulk, simplicity of operation, autofocus...
  7. Peter Audrain

    Attenborough's 'The Life of Birds'

    Another question: I have a 4-DVD set of David Attenborough's classic BBC series 'The Life of Birds,' in PAL format. The video quality of the DVD set is disappointing—overcompressed, with visible artifacting and low contrast—and the result is certainly anything but high-definition. As a result...
  8. Peter Audrain

    Equivalents for Birds of North America (BNA) Online?

    Are there super-comprehensive scientific databases for parts of the world outside North America (especially, perhaps, for Central and South America) that serve the same reference function as Cornell's Birds of North America (BNA) Online? https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/home It's such a...
  9. Peter Audrain

    Olympus 8x25 WP II?

    I've posted in the Vortex and Minox forums asking about compact binoculars from those manufacturers, but there is no Olympus forum. So, to all and sundry: Do you know anything about the Olympus 8x25 WP IIs? I can't work out whether they would be at least somewhat satisfying as lightweight...
  10. Peter Audrain

    Vortex Diamondback 8x28 or 8x32?

    In honesty this question would be directed at a specific Bird Forum member, mfunnell, if I knew how to mark this post for his attention, since he's posted thoughtfully about both these binoculars. I'm looking for something quite small and light that costs less than $200 (so no Leica Ultravid...
  11. Peter Audrain

    Minox 'Blue' (or 'BLU') line?

    I've just stumbled across these, the Minox BLU 8x25s, in looking for 8x25s, 8x28s, or conceivably 8x32s that I can tuck away for use while walking to and from my commuter train (and while on it, I guess): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075F4V3WD Does anyone know anything about them at all? The...
  12. Peter Audrain

    Hi from New Jersey!

    With assists from the enthusiasm and assorted equipment, respectively, of my young daughter and elderly father, I've recently rediscovered the joys of birdwatching, and how many good places there are to go birding in the southern half of this state. We went to Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge...
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