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January 2011, Thailand July 2026 Limburg |
My photography gear
I’ve been photographing since 2007. My equipment has evolved as follows:
- 2007: Nikon D80 with a Nikkor 300mm f/4 lens
- 2013: Nikon D600 with a Nikkor 300mm f/4 VR lens
- 2023: Nikon Z6 II (mirrorless)
- March 2026: Nikkor Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens
I currently shoot with a Nikon Z8 and the Nikkor Z 180-600mm
I use this H5 Zoom recorder with a SSH-6 shotgun mic for bird sounds
I bought this telescope in April 2021. Small, light and good quality
and of course the library
I have been birding abroad; besides some countries in Europe I visited Israel twice, Oman, Morocco, Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia, South Africa, Ecuador twice, Thailand twice, Florida, Canary Islands, Madeira, California, Turkey, Western Sahara, Algeria and Saudi Arabia.
boundaries of the greater Western Palearctic
Lists according to Avilist taxonomy:
World 2942
Western Palearctic 735
false WP list 935
Norway 321
Vestland 282
Bergen 203
edelkryss 249
st. Olavs vei 58
Best achievements:
Dark-sided Flycatcher, new for Norway
Long-billed Curlew, new for Colombia
Southern Martin, second for Ecuador
Amerian Herring Gull, very rare in Colombia
Black-faced Grassquit in Florida (rare straggler from the Bahamas), twitched by many
a group of 16 Griffon Vultures originally above my house in Groningen, the Netherland, subsequently seen in three other provinces by many observers
Raddes' Warbler, new for Hordaland
further sub-rarities, among others American Wigeon, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpipers, Aquatic Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Rosy Starlings, Red-breasted Flycatchers, Olive-backed Pipit, Citrine Wagtails and Little Buntings