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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 (!), [...]

Maroon Bell Weekender : FirstLook/FirstUse

June 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

It has been a long time since our Gear & Gadgets folks agreed to review a backpack. It is not that there aren’t good, even great backpacks out there (there are), [...]

Post-COVID Outing : Gear Preview

May 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

Now that everyone at RainyDayMagazine has had their 2nd COVID vaccine shot, we are starting to reemerge and reconnect with folks we had not physically seen in a year. Even [...]

Fall Gear : MBO Gloves FirstUse

October 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

When we posted a roundup of the Fall Gear last week, we hadn’t planned on writing an article just about the Maroon Bell Outdoor gloves, but we got enough questions [...]

Fall Gear Roundup: 2020

October 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Summer is wonderful, with its sunny bright days, breezy warm evenings, and crickets chirping nights. Fall in New England, though, has colors that Summer can only dream [...]