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I stumbled upon an interesting new product in the Chinese binoculars market on AliExpress. Reasur is a brand I've never heard of, but Chinese equipment looks promising these days. The price is also attractive, around $250-300. The only user reviews I've seen for these binoculars are on ozon.ru. The comments are generally positive.
The 8.5x42 model has a field of ...

It is known that men don't tend to talk to each other about their health and their troubles. There are campaigns to encourage men to share more and I am certainly supportive of these. However I'm not sure these initiatives should necessarily cover busy bird hides.

Enter a busy hide at a busy reserve and two chaps are in full flow. Talking about their various health...

In July at 3000 mts altitude. Is this a Ultramarine Flycatcher? The second picture is likely to be the same bird as the first, but not 100% sure.

Thanks!

Mayr, G., T. Lechner, and M. Böhme (2026)
A new short-beaked stem group cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae), an unusual new hawk (Accipitridae), a small swift (Apodidae), and other avian remains from the early Late Miocene hominid Fossil-Lagerstätte Hammerschmiede, southern Germany<...

Hi I put up many feeders on my back deck, and on the fascia in the back of my house during fall migration. I have been doing this during migration for over 20 years. I feed many HB's during fall migration. I feed all year round but fall migration is the big event. A mature Rufous Male came in mid August to the few feeders I had up at that time. He is still here. However he is a ...