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  1. YuShan

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

  2. YuShan

    Evolution of Swaro EL models

    Personally I wouldn't worry about optical quality, because that is excellent anyway. However, I would prefer some of the older models over the newer ones because they can focus at closer range than newer models (they downgraded EL in that sense when the NL got introduced). The other thing that...
  3. YuShan

    Arizona Water Tank - Chiricahua Mountain

    Camping in the Sonora Desert, being woken up by a singing Cactus Wren and Scott's Orioles :love: I was so happy there.
  4. YuShan

    Arizona Water Tank - Chiricahua Mountain

    Usually 6 liters, but a few times as much as 10 liters. Depending on where the reliable water sources are. Better be safe than sorry.
  5. YuShan

    Arizona Water Tank - Chiricahua Mountain

    I hiked the entire Arizona National Scenic Trail a few years ago. Flora and fauna is fantastic! I just spotted some familiar birds on this webcam, bringing back the memories.
  6. YuShan

    RSPB Big garden birdwatch

    Bullfinches breed in a nearby park that is only a couple of hundred metres away, so I'm lucky to get some spill over from that! I have no first hand advice on attracting specific species, because I don't have feeders in my garden. (It's not technically my garden either, but a communal garden. I...
  7. YuShan

    RSPB Big garden birdwatch

    It was a pleasure as always, especially with the gorgeous sunny weather here today. Also heard a Wren singing briefly and a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, but not seen and therefore not counted. Also at least one Grey Squirrel.
  8. YuShan

    EL 8.5x42 initial impressions

    You bought yourself a fantastic instrument! I bought my own Swaro EL 8.5x42 in 2011 and it still makes me happy every time I look through it!
  9. YuShan

    Very early for blue tit nestbox investigations?

    I have a nestbox cam too, and can confirm that they are often checking for nest sites already in December. I also had roosting Blue and Great Tits as early as November.
  10. YuShan

    Lynx released in the Highlands

    RIP https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvge40jv4gjo
  11. YuShan

    Birding in Arizona in early April

    I hiked the Arizona Trail in 2017 (hiking from the Mexican border to Utah state line) from end of March to beginning of May, so roughly around the same time as your planned visit. I found it fantastic in terms of both scenery and birds (and some other animals too, snakes, Gila monster, etc). I...
  12. YuShan

    Birding In Phoenix, Arizona

    I hiked the Arizona Trail in 2017 (hiking from the Mexican border to Utah state line) from end of March to beginning of May, so roughly around the same time as your planned visit. I found it fantastic in terms of both scenery and birds (and some other animals too, snakes, Gila monster, etc). I...
  13. YuShan

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    The future of birding: birdsniffing "Sniffed only"
  14. YuShan

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    I may or may not have seen one. There is no way of knowing really. The annoying thing is that you can't tick Common Crossbill there either, because it could be a Scottish, so whatever you see it's basically an unidentified bird :D No tick. :mad::D. Time to lump it!
  15. YuShan

    Bird Watcher vs Birder

    One time I was staying in a reserve in Ecuador where a group of French people were watching monkeys all day for research purposes. When I talked about "birding", they had no clue what I was talking about. I then coined the term "monkeying". I went birding and they went monkeying. We kept using...
  16. YuShan

    Bird Watcher vs Birder

    Among birders, I use "birder" and "birding" Among non-birders, I generally use "birdwatcher" and "birdwatching", because otherwise they often don't know what I'm talking about.
  17. YuShan

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    I always assumed that the shops and cafes were intended to generate extra income that could be used for conservation. If they are actually losing money, then by all means close them down asap!
  18. YuShan

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Darn! Now I need to go on another birding trip to make up for all the lumped species :mad::D
  19. YuShan

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    I thought its was quite obvious that I was joking, but at least two people apparently took it serious :D
  20. YuShan

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Such a waste of money. People have spent thousands of dollars to see birds that now get lumped. Perhaps the splitting was all a plot to stimulate "growth"! :D
  21. YuShan

    Cambodia Siem Reap - without car or tour, how much can I see?

    If you want to bird around the temples, just rent a bicycle in town (unless you are carrying a scope). This is how I got around in my pre-birding days (2011) when visting these temples, and I would do so again if I wanted to bird the area.
  22. YuShan

    How many people use field guide book in the field?

    If possible I'm using both electronic and paper. I backpack/camp a lot but if the paper field guide is somewhat transportable, then I still like to have it. On my last foreign trips I used the Merlin app and had a paper field guide in my daypack, which was still referenced quite often. I also...
  23. YuShan

    Dartford Warblers at Dunwich Heath

    I have seen them on Dunwich Heath but I haven't been there for years.
  24. YuShan

    Itatiaia NP, Brazil

    1) Is this a female Yellow-eared Woodpecker or a female White-spotted Woodpecker? I thought it might be Yellow-eared, based on the golden tinge, less barring on the back and also the yellowish ear, rather than whitish. This was spotted at Donati Hotel (~950m elevation) at forest edge (rather...
  25. YuShan

    How many hummingbird species have you seen?

    I've just added 14 new ones in Brazil, bringing my total to 115. A few of the additions were real stunners, like the male Green-crowned Plovercrest and male Frilled Coquette!
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