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  1. Rui_Caratão

    Big apperture (80-100mm) binoculars performance? Terrestrial viewing

    Big aperture binoculars like the APM 100 ED semi-Apo, Garrett 100mm, General HI-T 100mm seem to be highly regarded by Astro entusiasts as a great value for Money and capable of good views, however most topics on Cloudynights are always from an Astro point of view, their terrestrial view...
  2. Rui_Caratão

    Zeiss Photoscope 85 T FL vs Zen Ray 82 ED2

    During the last week I had the oportunity to try a Zeiss Photoscope 85 T FL unit along with my Zen Ray 82 ED2 with the 20-60x zoom in the field, light was tricky and overcast almost all day long. A few friends had also tried the Zeiss earlier with very positive results, including a Kowa 774...
  3. Rui_Caratão

    Pipit, Portugal

    I only had a quick view of it from my car window, I heard no call when it flew away, unfortunetly. How often do meadows have such a facial pattern and bold white stripes on mantle! What do you guys think?
  4. Rui_Caratão

    Buzzard Id Portugal

    I wonder if anyone would like to give an opinion regarding this Buzzard ID in the South of Portugal
  5. Rui_Caratão

    Gull ID - Portugal

    I would apreciate some opinions about this 3rd winter type Gull on 27th of January. Such a structure and head seems to me better for Herring than for YLG, very pale irides are obvious too, but it wasnt as pale as I would expect from an Herring, in fact in some ocasions I could swear there wasn´t...
  6. Rui_Caratão

    Gull id? Portugal

    I only see the bird for a few minutes, but I would like to hear an opinion from someone with more experience in caspians!!! I will try to relocate the Gull tomorrow morning.
  7. Rui_Caratão

    wader Id - Portugal

    I have seen this wader yesterday at Peniche (Portugal), and I am cracking my head, if a 1 st winter dunlin can be rulled out since I do not have experience with the all variation in dunlin ssp.. My first impression was western peep. The bird was constantly moving, any effort to see palmations...
  8. Rui_Caratão

    2cy Hg or Ylg?

    For a long time that I struggle myself trying to correctly id 2 cy pale mantle gulls in Portuguese coast during autumn and winter. But ylg from mediterranean, local ylg, galician and possibly cantabrican are also present and not allways carrying darvics to easy the task. Squarish heads...
  9. Rui_Caratão

    Wheathear with a black cap????

    Yesterday I spoteed this strange Wheatear at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Does anyone have an idea, what might it be???? It was a quite nervousbird, allways flicking the tail and "running", on the pavement. I runnout with ideas!!!!!!
  10. Rui_Caratão

    Steppe or long legged Buzzard???

    Hello to all, This afternoon I spotted this Buzzard at Ponta da Erva, Portugal. But mixed features between vulpinus and rufinus, are making me wonder if it couldnt be an odd common. To odd I think :), I am leaning to vulpinus...at the moment! I have never seen long legged buzzards with such a...
  11. Rui_Caratão

    YLG or CG??

    This gull has been seen in the first days of August in Portugal, there are some CG like features, like head shape, upright posture....although dark eyes are not so uncommon on immature YLG. Primaries were new to P5, and the tail band was still complete.
  12. Rui_Caratão

    Azorean YLG in Potugal

    Last week this dark hooded 3cy YLG was seen at Espinho, Portugal. The dark hood, and faint hindneck stood out in the middle of other YLG. The majority of YLG, and a few hundreds have been seen, didnt show any trace of winter streaking heads yet, even in winter I have never seen such dark heads...
  13. Rui_Caratão

    Olivon T-84EDO

    Does anyone have tried the new Olivon T-84EDO spotter? It resembles slightly the Theron/Avian Mag 82 http://olivonmanufacturing.com/spotting-scopes/t-84edo-new, could it be same Bosma chinese scope, Olivon states that the new scope uses the Ohara S-FPL53 ED glass. A lot of extras, like...
  14. Rui_Caratão

    New site with 10x42 binocular reviews

    Take a look at http://www.allbinos.com, they have some reviews with tests on 10x42 and 8x56 models. Here, you can find a ranking list, based on their tests, .....roof and porro are all ranked together.
  15. Rui_Caratão

    Bresser P90 pro - Can I change the zoom ?

    Hi to all... I currently have bought a Bresser P90 pro 90 mm scope with a 25x to 75x zoom.... I know it is not a Kowa or a Swaro, but it is far better than the one that I had :) I have taken some digiscoped photos with it at night, from my window to test it..... Road sign at 137 meters/ 150...
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