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    Feunte De; cable car for alpine species

    Hi, I wondered if anybody has been up there recently and located Wallcreeper? Any directions are appreciated Thanks Mike
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    Birding/ Mammaling in Yellowstone

    Hi, I am working on a birding and mammals trip but been unable to get hold of a copy of the ABA guide to help me; are there any other books out there which would point me in the right directions? Top target is American Badger Any help is much appreciated Mike/ UK
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    Algarve

    Hi, I will be in the area soon and wondered if anybody can offer recommendations on the best pelagic and cetacean operators? We will be birding and have been trying to locate the Portuguese equivalent of " birdline/ birdguides etc. without success; any suggestions are much appreciated. I will...
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    Cape May/ New Jersey; Cetacean watching

    Hello all, I am trying to set up a last minute trip to bird around Cape May in late May. Also through Maryland on the way through I am trying to work out which book would give me the best birding site information; any help is much appreciated I wonder also if anybody can give me some pointers...
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    Birding in Texas

    Hi, My wife and I are planning a trip in April/ May are I seek your help; 1) Which is the best book to giving sites and appropriate maps/ directions? 2) Plan would be to do North of Jasper, Baytown, Rockport and Brownsville areas; I am not sure if we have the time to fit in Concon areas; i...
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    Birding and mammaling in Verona, Lake Garda, Dolomites

    Hello all, We are out a family wedding on Lake Garda and I have been trying to locate some sites to visit as we have some extra days I have tried to contact Luciano and Maurizio but no success so far; as I do not speak Italian I am having difficulty pulling information together Our targets...
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    American Badger

    Hi all, I am doing a talk on Badgers but am looking for an image of an American Badger; there are plenty on the web but I would prefer to use one that someone has been able to take whilst on a mammal trip. Same with the Asian Badgers but I know those are more difficult. Any image I would be...
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    D Mark 3 and 7D Mark 2; shutter noise and video

    Hi, I am working with some badgers and foxes at the moment and wish to improve the quality of my video; has anybody a view on a comparison of video with these cameras? Also shutter noise for stills; 1D is ok with the reduced noise setting but still a little noisy for me. I know a lot depends...
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    Central India; birds and mammals

    Hi, My wife and I are planning a birding and mammaling trip around a few of the sites such as Pench, Panna etc. for Tiger, Sloth Bear, Dhole, Wolf etc. We have costs from a company I used several years ago; a lot cheaper than all the UK tour companies by far. If there is a couple out there...
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    Snow Leopard trip

    Hi all; thanks to a BF members help my wife and I are trying to arrange a trek from this Mid Feb for two weeks ( date flexible ) with the recommended company; if anybody is interested in coming along ( the cost is amazingly good value ) please drop me a mail at badgersinbucks at...
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    Snow Leopard, Himalayas

    Hi all, We have been looking at doing a trip; some are really expensive but some of the travel companies, rather than birding companies( which seem to do well though ), are much cheaper. Has anybody had an experiences you could write about? Thanks/ Mike
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    Canon flash and Pocket Wizard set up problem

    Hi all, My set up I am want to get to; Canon Mk 4 with Pocket Wizard Plus 111 on top Canon 580 Ex 11 flash set to Master and connected to another Pocket Wizard Pus 111 Canon 580 EX 11 flash set to Slave All manual settings and PW's both set to transmitting and receiving But when set up as...
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    Canon battery LP4 E4; 1D ,Mark 4 camera

    Hi, I am having difficulty obtaining a Canon spare; I wondered if anybody had any recommendations as to what I can use which is not a Canon brand; sort of don't want to go that route but may have to. There seem plenty of non-Canon around but some get bad reviews My thanks in advance Mike
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    Canon 500m F4 lens; advice appreciated

    Hi, I would appreciate some help. 1) After having problems for a few years finally the knob which tightens the lens cover to the lens gave up and I lost it in a field ; I knew I should have glued the screws in! Well I have been able to order a new on at stupid pricebut I am not sure I am...
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    Sri Lanka; birding and mammals

    Hi all, My wife and I have arranged a trip very soon for seven days with a guide which we believe is really good value ; we hope to get many of the endemic birds and mammals. It is always good to have some more eyes and companions and if there is a couple out there who are interested maybe you...
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    Best; Canon HD recorder or DSLR using video mode?

    Hi all, I am sure this has been covered before but I am trying to understand quality wise if you are always going to enjoy a better image, with the obvious downsides, using a DSLR such as 7D with a quality lens. Much of the stuff I will be working on would require low light so I would think a...
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    Pantanal; July/ Aug 2011; any birding couples out there

    Hi, My wife and I want to get to the Pantanal this year to both bird and see their mammals including Jaguar, both Otters, both Anteaters, Tapir and Manned Wolf; it seems an expensive trip with some of the bigger companies but we have found a nice local birding company who can accomodate us for...
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    Swarovski DCA

    Hi, I am sure this has been covered in another thread but blowed if I can locate it! I have a DCA adoptor and wishto finally try it on a Canon 50mm 1.8 lens with my Swarovski 25-50 zoom on a Swarovski scope. But I cannot work out where I get the adaptor ring to fit the lens; the ones supplied...
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    Better beamer

    Hi, I do some badger photography but in order to obtain more some depth of field it seems that a purchasing a Better Beamer could the trick. Not knowing the product too well am I right in thinking that if I decide to stick camoflaged tape all over it it will not do what is is intended to do...
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    Charging Canon batteries in the car

    Hi, I am struggling to locate something which allows you to charge up both Canon camera batteries and Canon camcoders using the cigarette lighter. I found one which I think does camera batteries only; also one in Halfords seemed ok but gotconfused about the wattage you need. Any help is...
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    Uganda birding and mammaling

    Hi all, I am trying to arrange a trip to bird and also got for chimp's and gorilla's. I have emailed two birding companies a couple of weeks ago with no response. I wonder if anybody can provide any recommendations; for various reasons I need to get it moving; so far there is my wife and I...
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    Old Sigma lens convert to EOS

    Hi, Anybody know if it is possible to convert an manual APO Sigma Canon fit lens to EOS? Thanks/ Mike Collard
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    Canon 20D manual

    Hi, If anybody has this camera and in keeping with all Canon manuals, the manual has disintregated/ fallen apart, I have a copy I do not need. If you want it drop me a mail with your address and I will pop it in the mail. Regards/ Mike Collard
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    Kruger; First trip to South Africa

    Hi, I am sorry if this is a repeat of other helpful info given to so many recently; As usual with all our vacations I am looking to arrange a last minute trip! It will need to be in second - third week of July flying direct into Kruger; my wife and I have about 8-9 days and are birders with an...
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    Varangerfjord in July

    Hi, I have always birded this area in April/ May. I am trying to establish if the waders and seabirds have left yet at this time; also PR Pipit, Bluethroat etc Any additional help is appreciated as I have only had a couple of days to bird here before after Owling in Finland; this time I have...
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