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Priceless digiscoping adaptor for Iphone thanks to 3D printing!

A priceless digiscoping adaptor for an Iphone 4S and a Kowa spotting ‘scope  has just been made possible courtesy of an idea, an inspired mind (thank you Madryn!), some open source CAD software and Netday technologies in the form of

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‘n ‘plekkie by die see’

This ‘plekkie by die see’  will need more attention in the future.  Near Brand se pan, Namaqualand, South Africa.

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Using twitter to report vulture re-sightings in southern Africa

With twitter becoming an increasingly relevant reporting mechanism, I’ve set up the Vultures Namibia crowdmap https://vulturesresightings.crowdmap.com to also aggregate Tweets which use the #seevultures, e.g., #seevultures NARREC White-backed vulture, rings LEFT top down Metal,Green,Red RIGHT top down Green, Red, Yellow.

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recent vulture re-sightings at REST

Let me make absolutely clear that I *only* ever share my concerns about gung ho NGOs in the social media.  I don’t do private banter, since this simply doesn’t result in meaningful outcomes.   While a private distribution membership list (e.g., NAMRINGERS) is as good a social

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Comment on sightings of new bird species for the Namibian list!

With reference to an article written to SABIRDNET distribution list by Ian Sinclair last month, kindly pointed out to me by a Namibian twitcher.  I’ve tried to post a comment to the article in question, without joy, so I guess

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