Urban Safari: Great Horned Owlets in Boston
The Great Horned Owl (GHO) is one of the most common owl species in North America, but actually seeing them is not as easy as we thought it would be, even if they live in [...]
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Meade ETX-90 : Camera Adapter
At the end of last year we found an ETX-90 telescope that was BADLY in need of some TLC. We acquired it, cleaned it, and salvaged what we could of it. We considered tackling [...]
Urban Safari: Bald Eagles on the Charles
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
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, [...]
Meade ETX-90 : a rusty rescue with potential for restoration
An ETX-90 scope popped up on Facebook Marketplace at a price that was WAAY too good to be true. We figured it was one of three things: the scope’s mirror was damaged, [...]
Northern Lights, Comets, and Full Moons…Oh My!!!
The Northern Lights and other such sights are often visible only in locations in the Far North (also known as The Arctic). Because viewing opportunities outside The Arctic [...]
DJI Neo : FirstLook
We looked at quadcopters—what we all call “drones”—back in 2005 and again in 2012. They were…interesting, but required too much user interaction to be [...]
Birding Gear : BlackRapid FirstLook/FirstUse
A few months ago, we took a look at the way we transported the Nikkor 200-500mm lens when we birded (yes, it’s a verb). In that post, we gave a quick mention to two [...]
Birding Gear : Cotton Carrier FirstLook
A few months ago, we took a look at how we transported the Nikkor 200-500mm lens when we were out birding. In that post, we gave a quick mention of two slings which we [...]
RainyDayRobins: Nesting, Hatching, Feeding, and Fledging
At the end of May, we noticed that the wooden divider between the RainyDayGarden and our neighbor’s was literally falling apart. We planned on writing an article on the [...]
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