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    Nosy House Sparrows

    A pair of Golden fronted woodpeckers are very busy tending to a nest in a hollow of an Ash tree in my back yard. They are also busy frequently chasing off House Sparrows that keep hanging around the nest. Does anybody know what the sparrows are up to? Thanks.
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    Life without Hummingbirds?

    I saw Attenborough's TV program on Hummingbirds this weekend. What a delight. I was surprised to learn that hummingbirds exist only in the New World. How on earth do Old World people live without seeing Hummingbirds?
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    Dripping feeders

    Why do feeders drip when you first fill and hang them up? Is there a way to prevent this? Thanks.
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    Yahoo problems

    Does anybody know what's going on with Yahoo. The main Yahoo and the My Yahoo web pages only come out in black and white outline form with some sections type over type and the result of searches do not take you to a separate web page but show at the bottom of the yahoo page. The worse part for...
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    "Breaking Bad" TV show bird

    Any "Breaking Bad" TV show fan who can identify the bird or type of bird that flies off when the large truck drives onto the Railroad tracks about three-fourths into the fifth episode of the fifth season. The truck stops the train so that Walter and friends can drain a RR car of the chemical he...
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    Identifying woodpeckers

    Is it possible to identify woodpeckers by tapping sounds and patterns?
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    Ipad-android communications?

    To what degree can a person with an Apple Ipad interact with one with an android tablet? For example: e-mail, skype, etc.
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    Myopia and binos

    My ophtomologist tells me that he is unable to correct my myopia with glasses to near 20/20 because of cataracts, but also says that the cataracts are not yet bad enough for surgery. Would this lack of 20/20 vision keep me from enjoying the subtle optical benefits of quality binoculars or does...
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    Invasive websites

    I went to a State Medical Association web-site to find a doctor and later found that the web-site had installed itself in my toolbar as a favorite. How on earth does this happen and how can it be prevented? I doubt that such a websites can do more harm other than stealth invasion but I can...
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    More than one malware scanner?

    Is it a good idea to use more than one malware scanner in your PC along with an antivirus program? For example, I use AVG 2012 and the Malwarebytes Antimalware scanner and want to add Spybot Search and Destroy because I understand that no one scanner gets all malware. Will this give me better...
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    Is my PC clean?

    My PC picked up a PUP. Bundle virus. A Malwarebyte Anti-Malware scan picked it out and removed it. Can I now consider my PC clean or are there remenants of the virus I need to worry about and other things I need to do to/with my computer. My PC uses Internet Explorer, Windows 7 and runs AVG...
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    DNS Changer Malware

    Is the DNS Changer malware scare real? There is a website supposedly provided by the government to test for and clean the virus. Is it safe to use these?. Thanks.
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    Apple apps web-site

    A good web-site for those looking for Apple related birding apps: http://www.appexplorer.com/?q=birding&pg=1&so=rel&dev= I,ve tried the Twitch, Hawk and Sparrow apps and while they are certainly worth the money, I thought that the Sparrow one would be greatly improved with more than one...
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    Vanguard Endeavor vs Zen-Ray HD

    I can't decide between the above two in 8x42 format. The Vanguard has gotten some good reviews and rated tops in a Birding Digest comparison of some very good mid priced binos. The Zen-Ray H D's are supposed to be alpha slayers with a bigger field of view and a bit more expensive but too new...
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    Security breach from searches?

    At times when I do internet searches on certain subjects, in the next few days I will get email spam with that subject in the title of the email spam. For example if I do a search on estate planning I will get email spam for estate planning services or for sexual products with estate planning in...
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    Hawk ID resources

    Please suggest media(video, DVD, software, literature) that I can use to help me improve my hawk ID skills. If possible, include comments about there good points. Thanks.
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    Problem downloading PDF docs

    I have a new PC with Windows 7 and IE9. Whenever I try to open a PDF doc from the internet the Windows Media Center window opens and no PDF doc appears. This happens with both Nuance PDF Viewer Plus which came with the computer and with Adobe Reader X which I downloaded. The PDF document that I...
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    Frequent Microsoft Security Essential scans

    I have Microsoft Security Essential scans scheduled for once a week and that occurs regularly without problems. Once every few months the program will ask me to run a manual scan because 'the computer may be potentially unprotected.' For the past five days the program has asked me to run a...
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    email security problem

    When I click on to my Yahoo email inbox I often get a pop up in which unkown people want to add me to their online contact list. I always decline and block future chat messages from them. I also have my chat and mobile text box set to invisible. How do these people know when I click on to my...
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    Focus innovation

    Interesting new develpment in photography. My bird pictures should improve considerably with this feature. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/technology/22camera.html
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    Duck laid egg where? photo

    Does anybody have any idea why a Black-bellied Whistling duck would lay an egg on the ridge-cap of my neighbor's roof? Picture taken in South Texas.
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    Problem downloading picture

    Is there a way to troubleshoot failure to download a picture to a BF thread. I've been unable to download a jpeg picture taken with a FZ35 processed with Photo Fun Studio 4.0. The picture was converted and resized down to 254 KB, 1200x1200. I've used this method succesfully before but now I...
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    ID protection software

    Does anybody have experience with with ID protection software such as: https://www.allclearid.com/plans#free-plan They sound good but could hackers use them to acces your information? Thanks.
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    B&H Photo

    Is B&H Photo reputable and reliable to buy from over the internet? Thanks.
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    Windows critical process activity problem

    While browsing the web I've gotten the following pop-up message after losing the webpage I was on: Message From Webpage X Windows security has found critical process activity on your system and will perform fast scan of system files...
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