So, first things first. I find it necessary at the planning stage to put a shape to a country, and here it is, courtesy of the Birds of Nepal (2009, 2nd edition) by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp.
There are several second most important things. I've been wearing walking boots indoors for two days, to help me decide on appropriate footwear. Of course this breaks one of the major house rules. As I make the rules I reckon that I'm allowed to break them, with cleanliness provisoes. The aforementioned items are super clean.
Another second most important pair of items are ear plugs, to block out night-howling Nepalese dogs and loud snoring. I wonder which will be the loudest of the two? I spent ages carrying out research at http://www.snorestore.co.uk/ this afternoon and will report back on how successful this was in due course.
I ordered a more exciting item which falls into a first category, last week. This is a contraption to enable me to progress my enthusiasm for digi-scoping. It should enable me to transform my telescope and tiny camera into a giant version of the previously mentioned binnocular/camera onesy. I have practised this technique in the past, but have not used anything more sophisticated than an adapter made from a section of cardboard from a toilet roll. I used the toilet roll method to capture (not literally) the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl in the picture below, taken in the Pantanal, Brazil in August 2006. It is a tiny little owl and was about thirty feet above the ground, semi-hidden in the foliage of a tree.
Because you are so interested by now, I'll include one more owl picture, photographed with no toilet roll adapter - just the little camera and the telescope. This time it's a Scops Owl a long way up a tree (take my word for it), photographed on the Greek Island of Lesbos in the Spring of 2010.
Aren't they just so cute?
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