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Which binocular(s) did you use today? (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter Binocollector
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At least the scenery is very beautiful! That makes up for it.
tenex
reality-based
Is the ruin behind you from WW2, or the 12th century, or somewhere in between?
Will K
Too well-known member
That's part of Wheal Coates tin mine, near St Agnes, which (*quick Google...) has been inhabited since 1692, although the ruins visible here are probably part of the structures built around 1802.
Haha. Watch your head! Cool binos!
Will K
Too well-known member
Yes, the NL 12x42 is perfect for scenery viewing! Cliffs, waves, fields and other landscape features look amazing.
A little up that coast was where one of the birders who quite literally changed my life (RBT) did a lot of peregrine-watching. This is the season to watch them hunting seawards after flocks of pigeons going up the coast. His descriptions of breathtaking flights gave me the inspiration to put in more serious effort after them here in London. I've been lucky enough to see many of the things he did (and some he might not have) but I'd like to visit North Cornwall someday and watch the birds there as a kind of pilgrimage.
tenex
reality-based
Thanks. I've read that Cornwall was in the tin trade since the Bronze Age. Now that's history.
Pinewood
New York correspondent
Hello Tenex,
Yes, it was a source of tin before the Romans conquered Britain.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur
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dries1
Member
How does it feel up there in February?
Will K
Too well-known member
I was only there earlier in June, so I couldn't say. But we had cold winds and hot sun. So if you stay out of the shade, its lovely!
Day #3 of rather intensive use of my new Habicht 8X30 W.
Familiarization/getting used to each other. The more I look through it, the better I like it.
I watched a hilarious interaction between a perched Red-tailed Hawk and a Blue Jay that was having an absolute hissy-fit, and trying to get the Hawk to go away. The Hawk went down to the ground, where I couldn’t see it, and while it was gone the Blue Jay left, obviously thinking it had prevailed.
The Hawk then reappeared and perched for a few seconds. I couldn’t tell if it had anything in its talons, because this whole drama took place about 350 yards away. It then left, giving me an absolutely gorgeous view as it spread its wings and departed.
This little interaction all happened on top of a power pole, but I am on the third floor, so at just about the same level.
That was the high point of today.
Familiarization/getting used to each other. The more I look through it, the better I like it.
I watched a hilarious interaction between a perched Red-tailed Hawk and a Blue Jay that was having an absolute hissy-fit, and trying to get the Hawk to go away. The Hawk went down to the ground, where I couldn’t see it, and while it was gone the Blue Jay left, obviously thinking it had prevailed.
The Hawk then reappeared and perched for a few seconds. I couldn’t tell if it had anything in its talons, because this whole drama took place about 350 yards away. It then left, giving me an absolutely gorgeous view as it spread its wings and departed.
This little interaction all happened on top of a power pole, but I am on the third floor, so at just about the same level.
That was the high point of today.
Paultricounty
Well-known member
Liking my 10x25 far more than I'd ever thought I would.
Paultricounty
Well-known member
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