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Digiscoping: How to Photograph Birds Through a Scope

Digiscoping puts a phone behind your scope for huge reach at low cost. How to kill vignetting, lock focus, and get usable eBird documentation shots.

Hilly Shore Labs5 min·July 19, 2026

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How to Use eBird: Your Birding Notebook, Explained

eBird is a free Cornell Lab app that turns your everyday sightings into a life list and real conservation science. Here's how to start today.

Hilly Shore Labs5 min·July 19, 2026