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  1. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Spring migration is on full swing around here, so everyday you simply go for a walk you spot something new and inspiring. On early February I saw the first swallows and house martins, and today I spotted the first swifts. Today I also saw the first garganey and common redstar of the year. It's a...
  2. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Well, more accurately, what I did not see today... I just forgot today there was a solar eclipse, until I saw in Roger Vine's Twitter account that you can use binoculars to "project" the sun on a white piece of paper with stunning results (he was able to capture the eclipse this way)...
  3. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Today I saw a Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla), a pretty wary inhabitant of the forest. I was lucky enough to have a 12x IS and I've been able to enjoy the very cryptic plumage in all its glory. Technical note: as it usually happens, this observation was only possible because I stopped for a...
  4. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Beautiful pictures, it must have been a lovely experience. If I may ask you, whereabout in Northern Germany is that nature reserve? I plan to visit the Northern part of the Netherlands as well as Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein this Summer, that sounds like a great spot to visit. Going by...
  5. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Walking the dogs at dusk, some minutes ago. Something was lurking on top of a pole, the beak gave it away: a woodchat shrike patiently waiting for some juicy prey to show up. Every time it catched something, it went straight to a nearby tree to feed a chick. I was walking with the Canon IS II...
  6. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    A couple of days ago at the Louvre Museum in Paris, got a most exciting visit with my 6.5x21 Papilio, which are terrific museum binoculars. Vermeer, Hieroglyphics*, Greek statuary, a new world of detail and hidden beauty. *Talking about birds, if you haven't already done it, go and check the...
  7. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    First swift of the year, always a moving moment :)
  8. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    @ZDHart Nice one!!
  9. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    The first swallow and house martins of the year, always a moving experience.
  10. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Well, not much actually. There was a lovely pre-sunset light and I've grabbed my "kitchen window binos" to scan the landscape (with the hope of maybe spotting some cranes), but only discover they were all fogged up. Oddly enough, I've not left the house or opened the window (so no sudden...
  11. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    We are having the rainiest autumn of (at least) the last 50 years or so around here (the island of Ibiza in Spain). Each day is an endless catalogue of clouds and striking skies. Along with the rain there's an interesting array of migratory birds that are visiting the island in this formidable...
  12. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Siskins. First day with the 8x25 Terra. This morning, riding my bike back home from town, I've spotted a group of goldfinches on some overgrowth fennel plants. Goldfinches are always a joy, to the eyes, to the ears... such a fantastic bird. There appeared to be some serins in the same group, so...
  13. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    We were doing a lovely walk by a river with some impressive cliffs and had been told there was a griffon vulture juvenile around. Hard as my friends tried with their 8x they could not see it, so I took the Canon IS 12x and after a while I located it, hidden really snug among the rocks. It was a...
  14. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    These past weeks have been really amazing over here with the Spring migration. I've seen species I've never seen before, and others that are really hard to spot (like the collared flycatcher). Today I've seen three cuckoos (and actually learned that there is a rufous morph, which I didn't know...
  15. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    I was testing the little Opticron Adventurer T WP 8x32 when outside of the window the Sun was setting over the trees. Maybe because of dessert sand on the atmosphere or simply because of the season, the Sun looked strange, soft, more like the Moon, even Mars. It was orange and it's shape was...
  16. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    This morning in the natural park (I go there very often, so it's the closest it gets to "my local patch"), I was very happy for having spotted a southern grey shrike (quite rare around here) when the first swallow of the year flew by. And that is a moment that only happens once every year, it's...
  17. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    We were having lunch earlier today when I spotted something moving among the flowers of the almond tree (they're in bloom now, it's just beautiful). Grab the EII (they're always lying around for a quick glance) and, OMG. Something I've never seen or heard about, a blackcap with orange throat...
  18. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    I spent a good deal of time trying to locate the first gannets of the season, to no avail. However, today was a windy day and Scopoli's shearwaters flew pretty close to the cliffs. Even with a "limited" 8x30 (Traveller ED) I was able to enjoy their lovely flight. Walking back home, a nice...
  19. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Swallows! Just looked out of the window, the usual suspects (goldfinch, greenfinch, Sardinian warbler, house sparrow...) but what surprised me is that we still have house martins and swallows around in late October. I'm curious to see when they finally leave. We already have most of the...
  20. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Two Elenora's falcon spent their morning hunting around my house. You could see the couple gain altitude and then chasing down what I imagine to be small passerines near the top of the pine-trees. Sometimes they were so close that with a 8x32 you could clearly appreciate the pattern of the...
  21. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Over the quarantine period a pair of greenfinches decided the almond tree opposite the living room was a nice and safe place to build a nest, so we were watching them carry little branches and feathers until one day the build was complete. Then we could see them brooding for nearly a week, and...
  22. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Yesterday I saw (for the first time in my life) a whitethroat among the leaves of a carob tree :) A nice surprise for these lockdown days. The warbler family in Spain Spanish is not as straight forward as in English (the same can be said about the tit family), many Spanish names are included in...
  23. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Today is the day: the first swallows of the year are already here. A group of barn swallows resting on a wire after their long trip. The icing on the cake, a red-rumped swallow hidden among its relatives :) One of those "wow" sightings.
  24. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Bill, I do have (and use, and like quite a lot) a cheapo plastic adapter that I bought for 7 $. It is of the kind where the ring that holds the eyecup works also as a "lid" (so to say) and it blocks any light coming from the sides. Previously I had one that was simply a metal structure, but in...
  25. yarrellii

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    The mild Wintertime of Ibiza is slowly going away and Spring can already be felt in the fields. Some almond trees are in beautiful white bloom (while some others have already lost their flowers) and the winged Winter visitors will be gone in a few weeks. Extremely humble and common birds of...
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