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Birdwatching Dot Com is about wild birds and the sport of birding. It's for everyone
who's interested in bird watching and enjoying nature.
BIRDING FOR HARD TIMES
 OK, your stock portfolio is in the tank, you're wondering about your job, and the equity in your house has dropped in value. Hard times are here, but you can count your lucky stars that you're a birder. Here are some reasons why.
 We enjoy sharing the lore of birding in a free e-newsletter about birds and birding. For a sample, click the miniature at right to see the November, 2008, issue.
Please feel free to subscribe. Or see some back issues.
We hope you'll find some good ideas here to help you have fun watching birds. Birdwatching is your lifetime ticket to the theater of nature. |
High-end Binoculars Round-up, by Michael & Diane Porter. This article appeared in the September, 2008, issue of Bird Watcher's Digest. It includes hands-on reviews of the best binoculars in the world.
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 Vortex
binoculars.
We're impressed! Vortex makes good optics, in the same factories as big-name manufacturers. Quality? Comparable. Price? A lot less.Warranty? The best. If your Vortex ever needs repair, Vortex promises to fix or replace it—for free! And the warranty is transferable to a subsequent owner.
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Another new binocular that fascinates us is one made for watching butterflies. It's the Papilio, from Pentax. It focuses as close as 18 inches
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GUEST PHOTO
 What makes us feel wonderful is hearing from young people who are interested in wild birds. Better yet, who are actually photographing wild birds.
Dylan Beesmer, of Reno, Nevada sent us this great picture of a great horned owl that he photographed. Click on it to see a larger version. |
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Gifts! for the birdwatcher. Feeders, baths, and birdhouses to make your backyard an oasis for birds. And binoculars! See our page of our best picks for binoculars in every price range.
 Good binoculars under $200! — Many come with free shipping. And if you're looking for the very best, check out our super sale on Zeiss Victory FLs.
Spectacular from Nikon —
The Almost Pocketable Spotting Scope
 We fell in love with this tiny spotting scope when we saw it at a birding festival last year.
We didn't expect a 50mm scope to be so bright and sharp. It wowed us! We bought one. Diane took it birding in Guatemala last summer. Carried it up steep trails on the Atitlán volcano in tropical heat. Said it felt light as a feather, and she had glorious views of the birds through it. Check it out! |
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Would
you like to start birdwatching with your kids? Here are some tips! And some great gift ideas for kids. |
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 New Vista Version!
Now in version 3.9, the Guide to Birds of North America CD-ROM from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology works with Vista (as well as Windows XP and Windows 2000).
Pop the CD-ROM into your computer, and have over 900 birds ready to look at, listen to, and read about. Or get a subset, for a certain state, region, or bird family, at a lower price.
Up to date. Easy to use. Educational (and really fun). Thousands of color photos, short videos, quizzes, screen shots, and loads of features. A wonderful way to learn your birds. And you'll love our low price.
FLASH! Now there's a Mac version.
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 We find that we can see more birds with our ears than we can with our ears. We can hear birds that are behind us, or hidden in the branches of a evergreen tree.
We can hear birds in the dark, as anyone knows who has listed to a great horned owl at night.
Knowing a few bird songs really opens up the world of birds to us. Winter is a good time to start learning birds' songs because there aren't so many voices to confuse the ear.
Reviews
of new and unusual DVDs about birds
and birding.
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In the Birdwatching Dot Com store, we offer bird feeders, bird baths, and bird houses. These are things to transform your backyard into an oasis of wildlife for you to enjoy. You'll find squirrel-proof feeders, hummingbird feeders, and various artistic feeders. Try your hand at easy birdhouse kits you can build yourself, get a birdhouse for your wrens, or attract purple martins with purple martin gourds and houses. We have birding videos, birdig software, birding vests, and bird books, as well as tools to learn the songs of birds. And we have binoculars, spotting scopes, and tripods for every need and every budget.
Michael and Diane Porter
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