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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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A nasty blast from the past – vulture poison article (199..

Vultures in Namibia In May 1995 a farmer near Usakos on the edge of the Namib desert poisoned 94 vultures, 86 of which were Lappetfaced Vultures, the remainder Whitebacked Vultures, with a single poison-baited carcass. The farmer claimed that these

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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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