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  1. BryanP

    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...
  2. BryanP

    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...
  3. BryanP

    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...
  4. BryanP

    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...
  5. BryanP

    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...
  6. BryanP

    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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