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readys, steady, go

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/hows-your-2024-list-going.449998/

This is an idea I had, basically a copy of name a bird you've seen, but instead you have to have photographed it, and you need to post the photo when you name it. We'll go with similar rules to...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/name-a-bird-youve-photographed.453862/

Some years ago I had an unhappy experience with a pocket binocular having two loose hinges and one stiff focuser. I couldn’t move the latter without moving the former. It had to go and was repl...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/review-of-8x25-victory-pocket.359737/

I guess it's time to buy once and cry once! I have been using an Amazon ball head tripod and it has some big drawbacks using it. I think I want to stay under $500 and get a stable, easy movement ...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/tripod-head-suggestions-for-celestron-regal-m2-100-ed-birding-scope.452581/

Thought this would be interesting and fun to write about. This will include your day to day lives whilst doing other things. The bird I can hear at the moment is The Blackbird.

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/what-bird-can-you-hear-just-now.455493/

I'm posting this simply out of curiosity. More than a decade ago, a number of smart and opinionated binoholics wrote very positively about their experiences with several porro binoculars with int...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/internal-focusing-porros-leuopold-minox-anyone-still-using-them.456092/

Strictly speaking, not a bird question but am going to Donana next week for some birding and thought I’d try to see the chameleons in the small park in Rota. However, there doesn’t seem to be...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/chameleons-in-spain.456093/

Hi Been on the radar for years but I'm finally going to do the Colorado 'chicken run'. Two of the chickens require some planning, and Lesser Prairie Chicken has very few remaining slots alrea...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/colorado-chicken-run-april-2024.449120/

The Christopher Cadbury Wetland Reserve is at Upton Warren, on the A38 between Bromsgrove and Droitwich. It is run by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust (map reference SO936677). The reserve is...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/upton-warren.8097/

Hi! I came from a Leica store and tested several models. I took my not so popular Meade CanyonView 8x42 to compare. To my surprise, Trinovids HD 8x42 and 8x32 produced the same result as my Meade...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/biased-test-regarding-exit-pupil.456034/

Good morning, for those who have tried both: sharpness, contrast, micro-contrast, color fidelity, brightness, what optical difference is there between the Swarovski NL 8x42 and the Skyrover apo...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/swarovski-nl-8x42-vs-skyrover-apo-8x42-sharpness-contrast-microcontrast-etc.455877/

I know not everybody thinks (perhaps only I do) last night was May but I checked my trap this morning - May 1 - and I don't know what time the moths flew in, so to me they are May moths. That o...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/may-moths.456039/

Trying to decide which 10x would be best. If both are being offered in mint condition at the same price does anyone have experience with both? I’m unable to make a direct comparison. My main co...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/10x32-el-sv-or-10x42-slc.456035/

Hello, I saw that bird last month, in south of France , "Camargue". At first , I thought it was a Sandwich Tern. But I do not see the yellow bill-tip. Then I guess it is a Gull-billed Tern ; but...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/gull-billed-tern-from-camargue.456087/

Hello all, Wondering if some of you could help me a bit with this. Now that Manizales is sorted (thanks to a few resourceful people who have helped me greatly on here ), I would like to focus o...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/colombia-minca-and-tayrona-what-to-do.456017/

My husband and I spotted a bird in Glenwood, IA this morning that we've struggled to identify. It was roughly the size of a robin. The top of its head was black but the sides were grey. Its wings...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/need-help-identifying-a-bird.456083/

With no prospect of travelling to see my chosen artists performing live this year and as 2023 was, for me, a very expensive travel year, this year would be birding only and on a budget so therefo...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/cyprus-april-2024.455866/

I've just started using Merlin to identify birds and wondered what everyone thought of it. It has identified a laughing falcon and an American coot both unlikely visitors to the UK.

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/laughing-falcon-on-merlin.456086/

Does anyone know of a lightweight case that would fit 8x32 ELs relatively snugly? I recently got a used pair without a case. I'd love something that could fit on my belt, for example. I'm often o...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/case-for-el-8x32.456023/

Hi All I have lived in a small village east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire UK for the past 14 years and the majority of the houses which haven't had a chimney pot guard fitted have nesting Jackdaws ....

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/jackdaw-killing-house-martin.328367/

As I've recently moved house, I thought I'd start a thread detailing what I see from my new place. I'm now living in Torry, on the south side of Aberdeen harbour, and from the bedroom of my third...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/birds-fae-torry.97045/

So yesterday I went to a store to buy a Bushnell Legend UHD 10x42 monoscope. I came home empty handed since they don't carry it in store. I broke the $20 monocular my GF bought me so today I us...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/short-range.456090/

I saw an adult Robin feeding/sharing a worm with an adult song sparrow... they were on a branch sitting together. Does this seem odd?

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/robin-feeding-song-sparrow.456088/

Happy New Year We provide information, advise and bird fun for Switzerland 2024

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/switzerland-2024.450014/

Good morning and a Happy New year to you all. May you enjoy good health and lots of great birding. January the first is always a special day where it all begins again. A new year, a new list a...

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/mallorca-2024.449991/