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    Confused with Nikon prices, help

    I'm shopping for a Nikon bino, a 10x that is not very heavy. I was set on the 10x36 Monarch ATB but they are out of stock at B&H (where they cost $237). So I checked at Adorama and saw that the same bino there costs $279 http://www.adorama.com/NK1036M.html BUT there's also a 10x42 Monarch ATB...
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    Parque do Zizo, quick report

    Just a quick report from Parque do Zizo (www.parquedozizo.com.br). I went there a couple weeks ago with ecuadorian guide Lelis Navarrete and his client Robert Johnson. Even though we stayed for just a day and a half, we recorded 140 species, and I'm not counting the ones in rural areas before...
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    Cormorants

    If there was a ranking for birds, the Neotropic Cormorant would probably occupy the lower parts of it. They are very common at its range whanever there's open water with fish in it. They are a bit ugly, with it's all black color. Experienced twitchers may not even raise the binocular to take a...
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    Birding while on photography assignment

    This past week was spent on Florianópolis photographing for a nice local hotel. The island of Florianópolis is a famous summer destination in South Brazil, as it has many scenic beaches. We did some aerial photography which was really cool. The possibilities of photographing from a helicopter...
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    Backyard friends

    There's a couple of Tropical Screech-Owls in my area. I've always seen them and took some pictures before. This past week however I decided to try to make a special photo of them. So I put out a multi-flash setup at the backyard, under two big avocado trees. A somewhat "secluded" place, just...
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    Goodfellowi

    Just out of curiosity... does anyone know what's the origin of the subspecies name Turdus ignobilis goodfellowi? Pretty funny name for a bird...
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    Mistery owl hoot, SE Brazil

    I heard this sound tonight here in Campinas. The owl kept calling like that for about 10 minutes. It was very hard to locate it, but after a while I finally did. It was on top of a tall tree, making ID difficult because of the distance. I ran to my house to pick the camera but when I returned...
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    Hummingbird photography

    I have always loved hummingbirds, and for long have been wanting to do some "serious" hummingbird photography. These were done at Guainumbi Reserve, near Ubatuba, in the Atlantic Rainforest of SE Brazil. These are multi-flash setups that I'm working on, see it as a "work in progress" as I still...
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    Best binocular for US$ 200.00

    What is in your opinion the best binocular up to US$ 200.00? Preferably with some kind of water resistance and magnification range from 8 to 10x. thanks
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    Really strange hawk - SE Brazil

    I just photographed this weird looking hawk in Campinas, SE Brazil. It was effortlessly soaring alone at a medium height, at about 04 PM, with slightly raised wings. Apparently it was quite big, about the size of a Short-tailed Hawk, although there was no other things or birds nearby to judge...
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    Rank of countries with most bird species

    I need an updated rank of the 3 most avian diverse countries in the world. I have a list showing: Colombia 1.821 Peru 1.781 Brazil 1.712 But those numbers are outdated because according to a last review just last year Brazil has now 1.822 species. I can't find updated numbers for Peru and...
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    Parque do Zizo report... speechless!!

    I just came back from the private nature reserve and lodge Parque do Zizo, in southern São Paulo State. The reserve lies in an isolated and very large area of Atlantic Rainforest (the largest one left actually) and is growing in popularity for its great birds. This time it wasn't different. I...
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    Lepidocolaptes "scaled" woodcreepers

    I know that there's been a recent discussion and split regarding the Scaled Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes squamatus), which was split in two with the addition of the Scalloped Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes falcinellus), with a more limited range in southern Brazil if compared to L. squamatus. I am...
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    Swainson's Hawk? SE Brazil

    A friend took this picture last week of this flying hawk in Mongaguá, a beachside town in southern São Paulo State. We are thinking it's a dark phase Swainson's Hawk, but not totally sure. The pic is kinda poor so we can't see many plumage details...
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    Mistery marsh bird - SE Brazil

    Yesterday afternoon I was photographing at the marsh near home. It was a very sunny and hot afternoon. When I was heading out, on my car, I saw a small (10 to 13 cm) dark passerine. It was perched in the middle of a low shrub at roadside, at about 1.5m from the ground. The car was moving and I...
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    A great morning!

    A few days ago I took some friends to the nearby marsh I have been going. They met me here at 6:30 and off we went. As soon as we got there we started seeying Streamer-tailed Tyrants, the ever present Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Marshbird, etc. Looking ahead on the dirt road we see...
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    Back from the Amazon

    I got back from the Amazon, where I was guiding a group of north-american fly fishers. Not a birding trip, so I didn't have time to go birding or photographing, but we still saw some interesting birds. We went to the Caurés River, in North Amazonas State. During our first night at the boat, the...
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    Hummingbird from SE Brazil

    What hummingbird is this? It was photographed at a marsh, with nearby scrub land in Campinas, SE Brazil. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/3125168672_447bb8ecc3_o.jpg
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    Fishing night herons, hovering kites... marsh wonders

    A couple days ago I went again to the wetland. Got there it was still dark, with a Black-crowned Night-Heron fishing nearby. It stayed there for more than an hour, and when the sky was starting to light up it finally snatched into the water and came up with a pretty hefty catch. The most amazing...
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    Pectoral Sandpiper migration south (and others)

    I'm doing an article for a nature magazine about the migration of several waders that breed near the Arctic and North America, to their wintering grounds in South America, more especifically southern Brazil's Lagoa do Peixe Nat'l Park. As I understand, the Pectoral Sandpiper is a good example...
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    Exciting new wetland!

    Some friends found a great new wetland here in Campinas, it's close to home, at only about 10 minutes away. The wetland is in a farm and an official natural reserve. That means that, at least on paper, the place is protected forever. Which is great because there's a shortage of wetlands in the...
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    Toucan at my backyard!

    Yesterday we had a good surprise here. I was with my wife and baby at our yard, just hanging around, checking some gardening and such. I notice a large bird landing on a big avocado tree in our property. Lots of flycatchers nest in that tree and they were very nervous about this bird, mobbing...
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    Looking for good shorebird guide

    I'm looking for a good shorebird world guide. I see one at Amazon, the "Shorebirds, an identification guide to the waders of the world" (http://www.amazon.com/Shorebirds-Identification-Guide-Waders-World/dp/0395602378/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226927518&sr=1-4) I understand this is a...
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    Ash-throated Crake and Screech Owl

    Today I woke up early and went to the marsh. There wasn't much bird activity going on because of the weather... sunny and quite hot, even at that hour. I prefer birding and photographing on cloudy days. I did see and photograph one new bird for the area, a lone female Rufous-winged Antshrike...
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    Baby in the house = more night birding

    Being a new parent, I'm starting to get used to nightime shifts. Babies cry at night, that's a fact. Nocturnal birds sing at full moon nights, and that's also a fact. Yesterday at 3 AM I woke up to the sound of a Common Potoo singing its hauting song near by (mixed with baby's cry). I went...
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