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    Peregerine or Osprey guilty of attack on Leopard Sharkp

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/shark-falls-sky-onto-golf-course-230710419.html Read this article with interest ----Reported on Sky news ----- somehow don't think a Peregrine would attack a 2ft Leopard Shark ----- Osprey maybe mmmmmm?? Bald Eagle ----- are they present in this part of the States...
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    Threat Lifted at Lagoa Salgados Algarve

    To anyone who is familiar with the Algarve -Lagoa Salgados is one of the key sites in the region. There has been an immense effort on behalf of SPEA and RSPB over the last few years to give the area some type of environmental protection. A lot of this work has been delicate negotiatons with...
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    hummingbird feeder live feed from Brazil

    http://www.ustream.tv/channel/birds-from-brazilian-atlantic-forest Thought this might be of interest to all BF members into Hummingbirds a friend sent me this link; live web cam from Brazil's Atlantic coast . Apologies if this link has been seen before. Regards Jack.
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    A modern Aesop; the Buzzard and the Phalarope

    Found this article in the Guardian about a Buzzard capturing and killing a Grey Phalarope -apologies if it is old news thought it might be of interest to any raptor philes Regards jack http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jan/16/wildlife-cornwall?picture=341867980
  5. J

    canon SX1 IS

    Do not know whether this is the right forum for this particular enquiry so apologies in advance - but my enquiry is about a Canon camera. As I do not have the finances to purchase a dslr with decent lens also the added weight of lenses especially when out walking and digiscoping is not...
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    kodak camera for digiscoping

    Has anyone tried digiscoping with the new Kodal V1253; was in PC World today and on the face of it this camera seemed to have awesome spec 12mp and a 3.1 viewing screen and a price tag of only a £180. Could this be married up to a Zeiss diascope 65 easily - am I wasting money or should I be...
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    Samsung s1050

    Has any one got any experience with the the new Samsung s1050 was having a look at one the other day it's got 10 m/pixels and a huge 3 inch viewing screen looked great for digiscoping. The one thing that put me off was attaching it to a 'scope as it did not seem to have any thread for attaching...
  8. J

    Optolyth and Sony v1 incompatability

    I wonder if any one one could give me some advice on the following problem; I have at the moment an Optolyth tbg 80 scope , a sony V1 camera and an LE 52mm universal adapter ; a marriage made in hell !!!! I have had this system for over a year now and try as as I can I cannot get a decent image...
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    Eagle Owls at Dunsop Bridge

    Just returned from a fantastic day over at Dunsop Bridge directions pretty easy to follow once there - but actually getting to the site from the A65 - well that was an amazing feat of navigation in itself. At the site the Eagle Owls showed amazingly well I was absolutely stunned by the these...
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    A lucky escape......

    Whilst birding at the weekend over at Filey, because the Brid' pelagic had been cancelled due to bad weather, my gear took a bit of a knock. I was watching some Twite mixed in with Linnets when I turned round to talk to another birdwatcher when a strong gust of wind literally blew my tripod...
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    Ryder cup mystery.

    Pretty sad i know but whilst watching the Ryder cup highlights last night from Dublin on bbc 2 I could swear I heard a very strange Sylvia type warbler singing away simiiar to whitethroat but definitely not that spp. Thought about Dartford Warbler but did not fit and according to Dempsey and...
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    zeiss dc4

    Many apoogies but should have started this as anew thread I have just read a very interesting article on an American birding site concerning a new camera adapter for all Zeiss scopes called the DC4 looks a very very nice piece of equipment however looking at the pics it will only fit angled...
  13. J

    hello

    Hi all looks a great forum with some very interesting threads look forward to joining in - cheers Jack
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