• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Search results

thxpress_search_the_forum Search Opus
  1. Egrets Ivadafew

    Question on Tawny Owls

    Apologies if this question has been asked before but:- Regarding the ‘Kuwick!!...Hoo..hooooo’ calls of the Tawny Owl (excuse the crap phonetics), I was always led to believe (quantified by a bird/birding expert) that this was a two part call made by two different birds, the ‘Kuwick’ by one bird...
  2. Egrets Ivadafew

    Rule 3 when buying binoculars

    OK, so my dad's dementia degenerated to the point where I gave up work and brought him to live with me, which I guess makes me a full time carer. This means I'm tied to the house, which means my birdwatching patch consists of my back garden (100ft long, south facing, with deciduous and evergreen...
  3. Egrets Ivadafew

    I.D. Ode

    May holy men save me from the I.D ode, spoken with self-assuming air from he who makes every hide his court, from Frieston Shore to Ynys Hir In judgement he sits, his toadies about him, Bavarian optics poised to tilt And Oh my Good Gracious! Don't you doubt him that glance can make a nettle...
  4. Egrets Ivadafew

    Wash

    Time shifts light across the world, and mirrored clouds across the film of my eyes. Aerial waders, distant, beyond count, sink to the marsh then lift like scattered shot before the leaden sky. Beyond count. And I watch alone in this mouth of England, this table of ghost ships, and dykes, and...
  5. Egrets Ivadafew

    Experience at Uttings

    I'm a guy who mourns the demise of the traditional optics shop and the move towards internet only outlets. So as my tripod head has now reached exhaustion point, I decided to ring round a few of these local shops to get a replacement, only to be told they would have to order in (best I could get...
  6. Egrets Ivadafew

    Clear as mud

    I'm looking at buying a Zeiss Conquest 8x32 HD having been swayed by a good field of view / bright for a 32 / light weighing / spec and the fact it doesn't sell for the mad money of the big guns. However, a salesman from a well known optics outlet has informed me this model is made in China...
  7. Egrets Ivadafew

    Say hello

    New to the forum today. Thanks for letting me join.
Back
Top