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Blackvue Sport SC500 FirstLook

February 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

Head-mounted  camcorders let us experience stunts from the lunatic’s daredevil’s point of view. Footage captured by these cameras have put us in the middle of [...]

EXO Labs: Focus Custom Case

February 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

As  most readers know, we love to take our gear out into the wild. When we first saw the Exo Labs’ Focus camera kit, we recognized that it was a very cool piece of [...]

EXO Labs camera: FirstUse

February 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

We  posted a FirstLook of the Exo Labs’ Focus camera kit for the iPad last November. Exo Labs conceived the camera to “… engage students and inspire [...]

Vanguard Digiscope Setup

January 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

A  spotting scope is a great piece of equipment for birders. We had a taste of how well it works when we brought one with us on our Snowy Owl outing to Plum Island. The one [...]

Vanguard Spotting Scope FirstLook

January 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

We  got a bunch of emails asking about the spotting scope we used on our New Year’s Day Snowy Owls outing on Plum Island. Readers searching for a write-up on the [...]

Urban Safari : Snowy Eagle on Plum Island

January 10, 2014 // 1 Comment

Now  that a Bald Eagle in Boston is no longer news, how about seeing a Snowy Owls on Plum Island? A Snowy Owl sighting is somewhat more likely than glimpsing a Bald [...]

Bird Cottages Update

January 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

When we first hung the set of bird cottages out in the RainyDayGarden, a few readers had inquired whether we were concern regarding their ability to withstand the [...]

Urban Safari: Bald Eagle At Jamaica Pond

January 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

A Bald Eagle in Boston? The prospect seemed rather unlikely. After all, this is not Idaho. So when our intrepid copyeditor came back to the office after her morning walk [...]

EXO Labs: iPad Microscope/Telescope camera

November 25, 2013 // 0 Comments

The  great thing about instruments like microscopse and telescopes is that they extend our senses, open up new worlds, and let us explore right from our chair. The big [...]
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