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  1. chirundu

    The Most Beautiful Binoculars in the World

    With great interest and for sometime now, I have been reading this thread on which binoculars have the most WOW factor when you lift them up to your eyes. It also got me thinking rather than the wow factor as I look through a bin, I sometimes just look at a binocular and go WOW! So I decided...
  2. chirundu

    Coppery-Tailed, Burchell’s or Senegal Coucal, Charara, nr Kariba, Zimbabwe

    Coppery-Tailed, Burchell’s or Senegal Coucal? Charara, nr Kariba, Zimbabwe Hi there, I hope that someone can help me with the id of this Coucal. I spotted it walking in the bush not far from Charara near lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. At the time I thought nothing of it, assuming it was the...
  3. chirundu

    Raptor eating a bird in South of France

    Hi Guys, I need some help with identifying this raptor that I took some video of eating a small bird in a field not far from where I live in the Dordogne in the South of France. I think it is a Buzzard, but if so, which one? Sorry for the poor quality, but it was getting very dark and I was...
  4. chirundu

    Pentax 8x43 DCF SP Binoculars

    Pentax 8x43 DCF SP Binoculars - Best Birding Binoculars in 2010? I came across the Binoculars.com 2010 Binocular of the Year Awards page the other day and what really interested me on it was their winner for the best birding binocular - The Pentax 8x43 DCF SP Binoculars. Now I know every one...
  5. chirundu

    Best Bird Binoculars in 2010?

    I came across the Binoculars.com 2010 Binocular of the Year Awards page the other day and what really interested me on it was their winner for the best birding binocular - The Pentax 8x43 DCF SP Binoculars. I know that everyone will have their own opinions and I will admit that these Pentax...
  6. chirundu

    Kariba Zimbabwe

    Been away in Zimbabwe for a while: I am very lucky in that every year I go home to Zimbabwe, I usually spend most of the time in the Zambezi valley and mostly on Lake Kariba, where apart from the excellent fishing, I can spend loads of time on my hobby: wildlife photography. Kariba for me has...
  7. chirundu

    View from my office

    I am lucky enough to be able to work from home and whilst it does have many benefits, there are also many distractions, especially if you are like me and enjoy bird photography. On the few sunny days this summer, I have often taken my laptop along with my camera, to do a little work outside...
  8. chirundu

    Customer Service & Swift Binoculars

    I am constantly writing to manufacturers and distributors of binoculars, asking them for help on how to get hold of their products to review for my Best Binoculars & Binocular Reviews Website. Many of them, especially the large brands simply ignore me, which is not only frustrating, but I...
  9. chirundu

    Birdfair 2009

    I just wondered if anyone else here was planning on visiting this years British Birdfair in Egleton Nature Reserve, Rutland Water, Oakham, Rutland, taking place on the 21st, 22nd & 23rd of August? On their homepage (http://www.birdfair.org.uk/) they say it has been described as the...
  10. chirundu

    Beat About The Bush: Birds - Is ther a UK or European equivalent?

    I recently bought the Beat About The Bush: Birds of Africa by Trevor Carnaby at the airport in South Africa on a recent trip back home, it is not a bird identification book, but rather answers many of the questions that you have about birds, but never knew where to find out in an easy to read...
  11. chirundu

    Example Photos: FZ18 with Olympus TCON-17

    Because of some of the excellent advice that i found on this forum regarding telephoto lenses for the Panasonic DMC-FZ18 camera, I took the plunge and purchased a Olympus TCON-17 1.7x Tele Conversion lens (TCON-17) Having recently returned from a trip to Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, where I had...
  12. chirundu

    Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe - Birders Paradise?

    I have just got back from a Kariba Houseboat safari in Zimbabwe. Not only was it an excellent trip for fishing and the big game, I managed to do quite a lot of bird photography as well. Below are the birds I identified, during the 5 night / 6 day trip: Raptors & Owls: African Fish-Eagle...
  13. chirundu

    African Jacana questions

    I have just posted an entry on my blog about the African Jacana I have two questions if anyone can help me out. http://www.birdforum.net/blog.php?b=914 I have seen two latin names used for what I believe to be the same bird: Actophilornis africanus and Actophilornis africana - has the latin...
  14. chirundu

    African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)

    I was wondering what to post on my blog to make it interesting as well as use full, and thought what may be a good ideas is to post about a few of my favourite birds and why I like them and what makes them interesting. I am going to start with the African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) I...
  15. chirundu

    First Post!

    Just a quick note to introduce myself. Photographing African mammals and the outdoors were my main passion, that was until my then girlfriend and now wife introduced me to birds. So much more of a challenge to photograph than the larger slower mammals! What is also great about birds is the...
  16. chirundu

    Hello from the UK

    Hi all, Just a quick note to introduce myself. Photographing African mammals and the outdoors were my main passion, that was until my then girlfriend and now wife introduced me to birds. So much more of a challenge to photograph than the larger slower mammals! What is also great about birds...
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