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From: andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Questions from a novice Birder
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Date: 23 Mar 91 04:52:48 GMT
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In article <31274@usc> burhans@mizar.usc.edu (Mustang Sally) writes:
> 1) I'm interested in getting a good pair of compact binoculars. ...

I really like my Nikon 9x25CF. Their performance is excellent for
their size and price (~ US$100). Their field-of-view is smaller and 
their optical quality is not quite that of my previous (non-compact)
Nikon 7x35s but when I'm bushwalking, photographing or botanising I
really appreciate their small size and weight. The only time I miss
the 7x35s is looking at birds in the darkness of the rainforest floor.

>    are little modo eggs, how long before I see little baby modos?

Incubation is 13-14 days.

> 3) My sister-in-law is getting married and going to Spain for her
>    honeymoon and I'd like to find a good bird book for her. As she
>    is learning Spanish, I'd like be interested in a spanish language
>    one.

Peterson's Field Guide to the birds of Britain and Europe gives
the bird names in various languages including Spanish. Reading a foreign
language field guide is challenging because the nouns are unusual.

Andrew Taylor