Archive for the ‘Birding’ Category

Ranganathittu

Monday, February 4th, 2008

To get a better hang of my bike and camera, I set off to Mysore and Ranganathittu over the weekend. Here is the link to Flickr

and below is the link to GPS Track on EveryTrail (more…)

A Cattle Egret

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Yesterday I started with my new hobby – Watching Birds – at Madivala Lake. My lack of preparation was apparent when I could not make out anything with the flock of the birds… I was getting confused among the shape of the beaks, plumge etc… just to realize that there were three different types of birds.

Cattle Egret

Cattle EgretToday I decided to revisit that plce after some homework. But when I left my house, I found three birds just outside my place. I could recognize the first bird – Cattle Egret

Other Two – I need to identify them yet…

UFO – 1 

UFO

UFO 2 

Nikon Action EX 10x50CF will be with us soon!

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Last week Manju mom and I ordered two Nikon Action 10×50 extreme ATB binoculars for bird watching and stargazing… Today they got delivered to Manju’s relative’s residence. They will be here in Bangalore next tuesday…

Waiting for them… Here are the specs… Courtesy: Nikon

Action EX series
spectator sports camping,hiking birdwatcing,nature viewing
  • Waterproof and fog-free with nitrogen gas filling
  • High-eyepoint design provides a clear field of view for everyone, including eyeglass wearers
  • Turn-and-slide rubber eyecups with multi-click facilitate easy positioning of eyes at the proper eyepoint
  • Wide field of view (except 7x50CF, 16x50CF)
  • Multilayer-coated lenses and large objective diameter for optimal image clarity
  • Rubber armouring for shock resistance and a firm, comfortable grip
  • Eco-glass optics are free of lead and arsenic
  • Aspherical eyepiece lens eliminates image distortion (7x50CF, 12x50CF only)
  • Wide strap
  • Tripod adapter enables tripod observation (Adapter included with 16x50CF, optional for other models)