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  1. ermine

    Canon EF USM L 100-400 Mk1 repair -

    Way back in 2006-7 is I bought one of these lenses. Took some time out from birding and on inspection this lens had fungus, scrubbed it with IPA and it's better, but soft at the top right of the image, because I had to remove the front element to get at both sides to redce the fungus. When I...
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    Imagic porro 8x42 focus tracking and loose eyepiece issues

    I've had these since about 2004-sh probably, and have had grief with the twist-up eyepieces getting loose so they don't stay put, and also with the eyepice bar/focusing mechanism rocking. Which means when I refocus the left/right tracking goes out. I met up with Opticron at Birdfair 2006 and...
  3. ermine

    Minsmere, uk, is this a peregrine?

    Hi, went to Minsmere today, got seriously wet in the day-long drizzle... From North Hide looking over the Scrape, I see this fella arrive, causes a bunch of the birds to fly up, and general nervousness among the ducks. It looks peregriney to me, but Minsmere is flat all round, not really PF...
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    Boston MA, and Saranac Lake NY, USA sound ID pls

    Hi, I recorded these two sounds in the US which I don't recognise. But then as a brit pretty much all US birds sound new to me. Any ideas? The Plum Island one was recorded at the bird reserve just north of Boston, MA, and the other one was of some geese flying overhead near Saranac Lake NY in...
  5. ermine

    some videoscoped Little Terns

    From the RSPB watchpoint at Great Yarmouth, here are some Little Terns from the colony out on the sand there. Videoscoped using a Zeiss Fl 85 and JVC GR-D240 on max wide setting
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    Nightingale recording

    Nothing special to report about this Nightingale, but it seems we don't often post actual recordings here but I was told it should be possible. And you have to be pretty jaded for a Nightingale in song not to lift your spirits a bit :) Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos. Recorded using...
  7. ermine

    Springwatch - AARGH - Do NOT do this at home, folks!!!!!

    What the hell were Springwatch doing tonight, telling the Great British Public it is a really great thing to do to charge out into the British countryside at night, playing owl hoots and p1ssing off our hard-pressed owls? I don't geddit at all. Playback may be okay for research purposes. The is...
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    Zeiss UK non warranty repair - where & turnaround?

    Hi All, earlier this year I let the wind catch my Z85 on the tripod, result one decker scope. No glass broken, but the front thread is bent so I can't extend the lens hood, which did help somewhat wen viewing into the sun on winter days. Obviously my own bloody fault, so any ideas where you...
  9. ermine

    why do sparrows chirp after rain?

    Heard again today that when it's raining the local colony of house sparrows all gather in the ivy at the back of the garden and have a good old chirp - sounds like this. What's up with that? I can understand the blackbirds and starlings being well chuffed because the worms are going to be a...
  10. ermine

    Scottish Curlews in Spring?

    I'm planning a trip to the Isle of Lewis in the spring, last chance to get some magical photos of the standing stones there before the windfarm changes the view somewhat. What I'd love to get also in this trip is a sound recording of Curlews in the spring - I love the haunting sound. Any ideas...
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