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Birding in the Backyard (BBY): City Birds

May 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

When somebody says that they “went birding,” most people think that they: headed into the woods, or hiked out onto the marsh, or drove to a distant destination, [...]

Birding Gear : Big lens transport

April 21, 2024 // 0 Comments

When we acquired our Nikkor 200-500mm lens, we had to consider the best way to carry the big lens on outings. Together, the zoom lens and D850 body weigh almost 8 pounds (!), [...]

Birding lenses: FirstUse

March 9, 2024 // 0 Comments

When we upgraded our Nikon DSLR from the D90 to the D850, we went from a 12MP sensor to a 47MP sensor. That massive increase in sensor size enables us to capture higher [...]

Birding lenses for the Nikon D850

March 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

When we first acquired the new-to-us Nikon D850 body from a local wedding photographer who was upgrading to the Nikon Z, it came with its original accessories—manual, [...]

RainyDayGiftGuide 2023 : For Birders

December 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

As in previous years, we have put together some RainyDay-tastic Gift Guides for the 2023 holiday, full of suggestions for our readers. As with every one of our Guides, [...]

Urban Safari: Finding The Flicker

June 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

Early Saturday. 5:30AM to be exact. This text arrives from one of our local RainyDayMagazine readers: "Hey - Let me know if you’d like to see the Flicker’s tree (and [...]

Lynx Edicions: All the Birds of the World

January 17, 2021 // 1 Comment

All the Birds of the World We have looked at books from Lynx Edicions before and every volume has exceeded expectations. So while the title of this one was a pretty bold [...]
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