March 28, 2006
Nooooo!
You may have noticed that it's been a while since my last posting. Here's why:
I'm taking the scope to be repaired in Paris tomorrow (assuming the train's are still running), and in the mean time will have to make to with my battered old Kowa that my parents retrieved from a dusty corner of the loft.
My parents' visit prevented me from birding last weekend (not that you'd have wanted to given the shocking weather), but a visit to the Eiffel Tower yielded a vocal Short-toed Treecreeper (Grimpereau des jardins) in trees just adjacent - maybe of interest to Brit birders dragged to central Paris by a non-birding spouse....
Otherwise, spring seems to be finally here - it feels much warmer (if not much drier), Chiffchaffs (Pouillot veloce) are literally everywhere and the first few Blackcaps (Fauvette a tete noire) are in song too. A small flock of Bramblings (Pinson du Nord) was a garden tick - I had to smile when CA birding buddy Marcel told me he was off to Oregon to chase one this weekend - no doubt I'd have joined him if I'd been around!
Posted by rjhall at March 28, 2006 5:26 PMOh, that Marcel...
Posted by: Alison at March 30, 2006 3:38 AMA few years ago my tripod blew over in a sudden gust of wind at Yuba Pass (northern California). When it hit the pavement, the screw from the adaptor plate ripped out threads on the scope. I've since gotten another scope, but for a while resorted to electrical tape after Krazy Glue and JB Weld failed to do the trick. It already had an impressive dent from a similar incident in Texas in 2002.
Posted by: Chris Conard at April 4, 2006 9:27 PM