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    New lens, new body or both?

    Mike, I'm a Canophile, myself, but the review on DPR says it's a pretty good entry level body. If the 10 mp sensor and ISO 1600 maximum aren't pinching you, go with lenses. Look over the offerings in Nikon mount at Tamron and Sigma. Anything you get for the D60 will work equally well on any...
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    Skipper ID in Southern California, November 2014

    You really need a shot with the wings spread to be sure, but it looks like a Sandhill Skipper, Polites s. sabuleti, fide Emmel & Emmel, 1973, The butterflies of southern California,Nat His Mus Los Angeles Co, Science Series 26. Will
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    Amateur Looking for Information

    It matters what exactly you are planning to use it for. If you want to document bird sightings or take shots for later identification, you want a bridge/superzoom camera. See the canon subforum for long running threads on the Canon SX-40 hs and SX-50 hs, for examples. Fuji and Nikon also make...
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    Any Recommended Digital Camera Binoculars?

    I haven't personally tried one, but people I know and trust have tried several different models and the consensus was that they were unacceptable both as camera and as binoculars. Will
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    Meadowlarks, Eastern or Western? Texas, USA

    Both are western meadowlark. In both birds the yellow of the throat clearly extends into the malar area. In EAME the malar area is all "white" (actually more of a pale cream color). Will
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    San Francisco, California - December 15

    To me (1) looks like Clark's Grebe in basic plumage. The pale lores are the decisive point for me. The lack of well defined dorsal and ventral lines on the bill and apparently narrow upper nuchal stripe are supporting data. Will
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    Help with Snake from Florida

    That's a mangrove it's in, hence brackish water. Although the Florida Green Watersnake (Nerodia floridana) occasionally ventures into brackish water it has shorter, blunter head. The pattern and relatively slender head id it as a Mangrove Saltmarsh Snake (N. clarkii compressicauda). Will
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    Repairs to stay on case?

    Creedmore Sports does excellent custom stay-on cases for any scope you provide measurements for, for $40usd. Catch is, they're in Anniston, Alabama. You can google them and check out their website. I'd think a good cobbler or custom awning maker would be the first place to check. They have the...
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    Arizona lizard ID needed

    Side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana Will
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    USA Lizard - Grand Canyon

    The rear side of the thigh seems to be covered by granular scales, which would make it a Sagebrush Lizard, Sceloporus graciosus Will
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    Colorful Cuban lizard

    It's a hatchling Ashy Gecko, Sphaerodactylus elegans Will
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    Sparrows in Florida?

    Peninsula Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus sackeni (FL ssp of Eastern Ribbon) Will
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    USA Spotty Lizard

    Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii)
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    Focus changes as zoom... ok?

    Two things could be operating here. 1) Maintaining focus as the scope zooms is one of the more difficult aspects of optics design, and some designers are better at it than others. 2) This one applies to all scopes. The depth of field is greatest at lowest power and decreases as you zoom. If your...
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    Field guides for American birds.

    Crazyfingers, I really have enjoyed your contributions to the long-running SX40 and SX50 threads in the Canon subforum. You might think about getting a tablet. I carry a whole reference library in the field on a 7 inch tablet. A possibility for a windows computer, though, is the apps developed...
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