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Fwd: Birding trip to Nicaragua

Hope Batcheller — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:07 GMT

In case anyone has an overwhelming desire to travel somewhere tropical this spring..... --Hope ... From: Laurence Clarfeld Date: Mon, Nov

life Rufous Hummer!

jbirds268 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:44:37 GMT

Hey all, Haven't posted here in a while (haven't been out birding much lately ) , but just wanted to tell you that there is a very reliable Rufous Hummingbird

Braddock Bay Trip

Greg Lawrence — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:13:54 GMT

Hi all, This is my pitch for the Braddock Bay trip. It has been very wet here the past couple of weeks but there have been many good bird sightings. In the

Rochester trip

Hope Batcheller — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:25:51 GMT

Hey all, I hope everyone's enjoying the fall birding! I was just in Westhampton for the weekend, and thankfully got in a morning of birding at Cupsogue.

Mohonk and VT's Plum Island trip

Hope Batcheller — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:13:46 GMT

Hey all, I hope everybody's enjoying school (HACK gag if you're anything like me, you'd rather be birding :-b). Most of you probably got the note from Lou

Re: Spotting Scopes

Josiah LaCelle — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:36:24 GMT

I have the Nikon Fieldscope III 60ED straight, and it has been a great scope, it is very clear even in the poorest of conditions... I paid 600 for it but I got

Re: Spotting Scopes

Benjamin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:07:46 GMT

Btw, when I say 100% happy, I don't mean it's swarovski quality, but I'm happy with it for $700. The eyepiece goes from 20-60x, and after ~40x the image

Re: Spotting Scopes

Benjamin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:58:18 GMT

I have the vortex and am 100% happy with the optical quality for the price. I have had problems with the scope become loose on the tripod mount but I think

Spotting Scopes

Brent B — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:45:32 GMT

I'm currently in the market for a new spotting scope. I was thinking either the Vortes Skyline 80ED or Bushnell Elite ED 80. Both seem to be OK scopes.

Re: Alo? Life out there?

Brendan Fogarty — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:20:18 GMT

Camp Cascades just ended this morning. It was a blast. It was less hectic than Chiricahua was last year, due to the fewer and more localized target species.

Re: Alo? Life out there?

Greg Lawrence — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:52:30 GMT

I also went to coastal Massachusetts, and got back on Saturday. I had a lifer on a whale watch out of Provincetown which was Leach's Storm-Petrel. Also, we

Re: Alo? Life out there?

corbettphilip@... — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:24:43 GMT

Yeah, there haven't been any posts yet this summer really. I am guessing there are 2 reasons: 1) It's summer, and nobody is seeing any birds. 2) Everybody is

Alo? Life out there?

Hope Batcheller — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:40:47 GMT

Hey all, My, this list has been dead lately. How's everybody's summer been? Camp Chiricahua and Cascades people: How was (or is, I suppose, in the case of the

Doddletown was just Dandy!

celenzal — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:36:30 GMT

What can I say? Another great trip. This time it was to Doodletown. A place with some interesting history and some great birds. We had a total of 47 species

August NYSYBC Field Trip

celenzal — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:22:48 GMT

Hi Everyone, Well the plans for our August field trip have just been finalized. We will be heading to Jamaica Bay on August 22. The trip will be sponsored by