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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.
Solar Spa birdbath
No cords! No hoses!
 Birds love the sound water falling into water. Here's a handsome birdbath with a solar-powered water feature. This elegant Solar Spa Birdbath looks like carved natural stone (though it's really cast stone and resin). We have one in our garden.
 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 March, 2009, issue.
Please 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. Good quality for a lot less. If your Vortex ever needs repair, Vortex promises to fix or replace it—for free! And the warranty is transferable.
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 Another 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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BIRDING DVDs |
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Reviews
of new and unusual DVDs about birds
and birding.
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GUEST PHOTO |
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At this time of year, killdeer start making nests on driveways. Here's a photo of the nest on a North Carolina driveway. Click the photo to see a bigger version. Photo © 2009 Vic & Leslie Spear
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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.
From Nikon —
The Almost Pocketable Scope
 We fell in love with this tiny spotting scope when we saw it at a birding festival last year.
This 50mm 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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BIRDING SOFTWARE |
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New GOLD Edition!
of Thayer's Birds of North America from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Pop the DVD into your computer, and have 957 birds.
Easy to use. Educational (and really fun). Thousands of color photos, short videos, quizzes, and loads of features. A wonderful way to learn your birds.
And of couse you can still get the regular edition, for PC or Mac, at a lower price.
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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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WATCHING BIRDS WITH YOUR EARS |
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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.
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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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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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