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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.
 KOZY SPA BIRDBATH
Beautiful as a Greek temple
Offer a refreshing drink and bath to your birds in summer, and they'll reward you with their presence.
This elegant Kozy Spa Birdbath is an unheated bath that is just the correct, shallow depth to be inviting to birds. It looks like carved natural stone. With its elegant fluted column, it really does look like something out of an ancient Greek temple. We love it, and the wild birds love it.
It's also available in a heated version, but for summer the unheated Kozy Spa is just perfect.
 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 the current March issue.
You can subscribe.
Birdwatching is your lifetime ticket to the theater of nature. |
High-end Scopes Round-up, by Michael & Diane Porter, from November, 2009, Bird Watcher's Digest, shares what the best scopes in world are like.
Mid-priced Scopes Round-up, by Michael & Diane Porter, from May, 2009, Bird Watcher's Digest, has hands-on reviews of outstanding values in spotting scopes at moderate prices.
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 Vortex
binoculars.
Good quality, from a US company, for a lot less. Warranty is unconditional and transferable. We're impressed!
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A fascinating binocular for watching butterflies is the Papilio, from Pentax. It focuses as close as 18 inches.
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BIRDING WITH YOUR KIDS |
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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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PHOTO FROM CLOSE TO HOME |
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 Jan (whose cheerful voice often answers the phone at Birdwatching Dot Com) snapped this Goldfinch in her front yard.
Photo © 2010 Jan Monson
Click the picture at right to see the full image, including the gorgeous sunflower blossom.
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THIS MORNING OUTSIDE with Diane |
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© 2010 Michael and Diane Porter
A juvenile cardinal was begging from his father on the stone walk this morning. Although the baby's red feathers are starting to come in, he still has a stone-colored beak. It will be red like his father's when he matures. See bigger picture.
Index to This Morning Outside |
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THE ALMOST POCKETABLE SCOPE |
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From Nikon —
 We fell in love with this tiny 50mm spotting scope when we saw it.
It was so bright and sharp bought one ourselves. Diane took it to Guatemala and easily carried it up steep rainforest trails. She had great views of birds through it. Check it out! |
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BIRDWATCHING STARTER KIT |
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 Here are the essentials for a successful start in bird watching. The Birdwatching Starter Kit includes three items.
A decent binocular. A field guide to help you identify the birds you see. And our own DVD, How to Start Watching Birds. |
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TIME TO BRUSH UP ON BIRD SONGS! |
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 Summer's a great time to learn bird songs, because there aren't so many birds singing at once. It's a fine time to single songs out one at a time.
There are some great CDs and DVDs that make it easy to learn to identify birds by their songs. And some nifty devices you can take out when you birdwatching, such as the iFlyer BirdSong Wand. Or the new Identiflyer Ultra.
Read more about watching birds with your ears.
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GIFTS FOR BIRDWATCHERS |
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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.
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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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on this website are copyright Michael and Diane Porter. Some belong to other photographers, even if their names do not appear. (We do not use photos without permission from the copyright holder.) Please respect photographers'
ownership of their work. If you wish to include a photo from Birdwatching
Dot Com on your web site, please email
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Birdwatching Dot Com
2197 236th Blvd., Fairfield, IA 52556
dporter@lisco.com
Phone 800-779-7256 (US and Canada)
or 641-472-7256
FAX 641-469-5065 |
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