That Blue Jay is awesome and clever! Really nice variety of birds, Thomas. Looking forward to reading more about your trip to Parvin Lake and the birds sighted there as well. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome encounters, writing and shots. Also compelling pitch for the Vortex—my binoculars tend to play second fiddle to my camera but it sounds like the razors would change that. Looking forward to reading about your time at Parvin Lake
I was very surprised. I was looking at a spotting scope for nearly twice as much, and I'm glad I didn't go that route. I'm told the Viper models are nearly as good and they are a lot less.
Thanks for the nice write up. This reminded me of when I lived in San Diego. We had a pair of sharp shinned hawks in the neighborhood. We had some small dense trees in our backyard the sparrows would congregate in. They would chatter excitedly when the hawks were around. The hawks had this perfect teamwork. The female would sit outside the sparrow tree and the male would go into the thicket.
The sparrow chattering would crescendo as they moved to edge of the foliage. Each trying to hold their nerve. Then one would break as the male hopped from branch to branch. In two wing beats the female caught the sparrow as it tried to make it twenty feet to the next tree.
That Blue Jay is awesome and clever! Really nice variety of birds, Thomas. Looking forward to reading more about your trip to Parvin Lake and the birds sighted there as well. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Neil!
Awesome encounters, writing and shots. Also compelling pitch for the Vortex—my binoculars tend to play second fiddle to my camera but it sounds like the razors would change that. Looking forward to reading about your time at Parvin Lake
I was very surprised. I was looking at a spotting scope for nearly twice as much, and I'm glad I didn't go that route. I'm told the Viper models are nearly as good and they are a lot less.
Thanks for the nice write up. This reminded me of when I lived in San Diego. We had a pair of sharp shinned hawks in the neighborhood. We had some small dense trees in our backyard the sparrows would congregate in. They would chatter excitedly when the hawks were around. The hawks had this perfect teamwork. The female would sit outside the sparrow tree and the male would go into the thicket.
The sparrow chattering would crescendo as they moved to edge of the foliage. Each trying to hold their nerve. Then one would break as the male hopped from branch to branch. In two wing beats the female caught the sparrow as it tried to make it twenty feet to the next tree.
It was a masterclass in hunting.
That must have been amazing to watch!
Great entertainment for me at least!