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Tag: Double-crested Cormorant

Digiscoping – Double-crested Cormorant in the Fog

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon October 8, 2008May 5, 2011

Having received our brand spankin’ new Swarovski 80 HD spotting scope on Friday, we were in a hurry to test it out in what little time we had available on Saturday. The weather was frigid and foggy, bad for manipulating small buttons on a camera with cold hands and difficult lighting for taking photos. Birds

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