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Urban Safari: Bald Eagles on the Charles

January 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

The local Nature/Wildlife/Photography groups were abuzz with rumor/possibility that a pack of coyotes had brought down a deer on the Charles River (it has been cold enough [...]

2024: A Year of Birding

December 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

At the start of 2024, we stated that our focus would be birding. Twelve months later, we take a look back at some of the highlights of the birds we saw, the outings we took, [...]

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, [...]
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