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The Binocular Advisornone

This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

June 24, 2010
In a grassy field near Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

Bobolinks are doing well this year in the grassy field. Several males, like the one below, were singing there this morning. Their song sounds like all kinds of different birdsongs being played at once, but speeded up tenfold.

Male Bobolink
Photo copyright 2010 Michael and Diane Porter

—Diane Porter

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For watching
distant birds ...

The first optics a birder needs is a good binocular. If you then want to see birds far away, such as at a wetland, grassland, or the ocean, you will really enjoy a spotting scope.

If you want a top quality scope but at a moderate price, we recommend the Vortex Razor.

Razor Scope

When we tested it for a review, we found it the equal of scopes costing two or three times a much.

See price

How to recognize
a bobolink...

Two of our favorite bird books for identifying wild birds are the new Peterson field guides.

There's one for the Eastern half of North America, and one for the West.

Peterson East      Peterson West