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Japanese manufacturer of high performance, industry respected sporting optics that include binoculars, spotting scopes, and related accessories.

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Townsend’s Warbler. Blink and you might miss it!

My friend @salvelinus_fontinalis and I clearly very excited about this one!

#kowaopticsus #phoneskope #bird #townsendswarbler

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OK, so these two were totally eyeing me this morning in the backyard, should I be concerned?!?… I figured it was best to not sit too still! 🤣

Close up views provided by the power of digiscoping!
iPhone using the powerful magnification of the Kowa PROMINAR spotting scope. #kowascoping

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Synchronized dabbling and a Belted Kingfisher absolutely losing it in the background

#kowaopticsus #phoneskope #bird #mallardduck

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The Cape May Fall Festival has been total bliss. I probably birded for a total of 30 mins today and saw 9!!!! lifers!!!! This will take a minute for my brain to fully process. I didn’t get much footage today due to weather conditions and limited time but the birds were here. And there were lots birder eyeballs on them!

Many thanks to you @jeff_bouton and some others whose names I don’t know, who helped me today by sharing their birding genius. And much appreciation to the various optics vendors for lining up the scopes for everyone to try.

@hawke.nature
@kowasportingopticsus
@zeissnature
@swarovskioptik_birding
@vortexbirding
@cmbobirds

#birding
#capemay
#birdnerd
#birds
#hawkwatch

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Jabiru moments! 🤩🪶

Before heading out, I jokingly told Ángel, our driver, “We’re only stopping if we see a Jabiru!” 😂
Well… somewhere along the way, Ángel suddenly asked, “Isn’t that one?” And almost everyone spotted it at the same time!

The excitement was contagious! 😃
One of my favorite things about guiding is seeing how excited our guests get when they encounter birds like this. And honestly, that excitement never gets old for us either.
Jabirus are not particularly common in Bocas del Toro, but knowing where to look and keeping an eye on suitable wetland habitats can sometimes reward us with encounters like this one.
We don’t know if these are the same two individuals we’ve been seeing in the area, but we’re always happy to find them again. And hopefully, someday we’ll see more Jabirus using these wetlands. 🤍

A memorable moment with our October @naturalistjourneys group exploring Bocas del Toro with @tranquilobay

📍Bocas del Toro, Panama 🇵🇦 Kowa TSN-55A

#kowaambassador #digiscoping #panama #birds

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Did you know you can do digiscoping with a Kowa telescope and your smartphone?⁠
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This is digiscoping: combining a high-quality telescope with a smartphone to capture images of wildlife.⁠
Thanks to Kowa’s extraordinary optics and its excellent light-gathering ability and detail reproduction, it’s possible to achieve images with surprising sharpness and definition, allowing us to get up close to wildlife and preserve those moments in a unique way. 💚⁠
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This photo was taken using a Kowa TSN-66A PROMINAR paired with an iPhone 15 Pro Max.⁠
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#TranquiloBay #KowaProminar #Digiscoping #BirdPhotography #Birdwatching #iPhonePhotography

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Costa Rica has been amazing! It’s only half way through day 2 and our group has seen 150+ species and lots of lifers.

My favorite so far has been the Great Green Macaw which is critically endangered. It was spectacular to see it flying overhead 🙌

Can’t wait to see what else we find! #birds #birding #costaricabirds #birder #birdingcostarica

Bird video: @kowasportingopticsus x @phoneskopebirding

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How to make new friends at a birding festival. Pull out your scope at a popular, crowded hotspot on day one of the fest and excitedly announce, “oh sh**!!! I’ve got a Sabine’s Gull out here…” and then proceed to share scope views of the distant rarity! Many folks enjoyed a lifer by the time I had to go open my booth. The bird was a long way off shore feeding in rips, but I was at least able to get identifiable images of this rare adult gull species! #kowascoping

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A quick video of an unexpected Clark’s Nutcracker showing up on Mt Lemon. My fiend, @salvelinus_fontinalis, and I were very excited and very quickly disappointed

#kowaopticsus #phoneskope #bird #clarksnutcracker

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I arrived in Lima, Peru three weeks ago for a long private tour. Before the main event I decided to sneak in a short trip to Pucusana to enjoy some mini-pelagic birding and finally Phoneskoped my first penguin!!! 🐧

Now, we are in the north after successfully finishing Central Peru from the coast of Lima to Satipo, crossing the Andes to conclude in Huánuco. Photos coming up!!!

#peru #Birding #Phoneskoping #pinguins #wildlife

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The bird list itself is very unimpressive (not a single lingering warbler this morning!), but it's very meaningful to me. This morning was my first out birding since my surprise surgery nearly five weeks ago ... a beautiful fall morning to be out and celebrate what has been a quick and smooth recovery, even if the birds didn't show up for the party ;)

Photo: Cape Spear, easternmost point of North America

Thanks to my good friend Chris Ryan for sharing the morning with me (and driving, since I still have a few days left before I'm allowed to do so myself).

https://ebird.org/tripreport/584265?welcome=true

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Alright… Speed Goat people. It’s opening morning and you see this unique fella! Pass or shoot⁉️

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