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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.
Hummingbirds are showing up!
 We're expecting our first hummer any moment now, so we've hung up the newest technology for attracting hummingbirds. It's the Hummer Helper. It offers nesting material up close to your window, where you can watch the female hummers take it. It encourages them to nest in your yard!
 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, 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. |
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 Vortex
binoculars.
We're impressed with Vortex. They make good optics in the same factories that some big-name manufacturers use. The quality is comparable. The price? A lot less. And their warranty is great. If your Vortex ever needs repair, Vortex promises to fix or replace it—for free!
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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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If you're in the market for one of the world's greatest spotting scopes, check out Swarovski's spotting scope kit sale. (The sale is scheduled to end in June, 2008.)
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 We find that we can see more birds with our ears than we can with our ears.
This week our woods are full of yellow-rumped warblers. Their songs sound as fresh as spring!
The colorful birds are skipping around in the trees picking off tiny insects that have just awakened from their winter sleep.
It's a lot of fun to learn birds' songs so that you can know which birds are around even before you actually see one.
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Mother's Day Gift Inspirations!
 If Mom is a lady who loves nature and birds, one of these six choice gift selections is pretty likely to please her.
Special Offers — Looking for a bargain? See a whole page of sales, close-outs, and special offers.
Bring bird songs indoors!
with Nature's Window Monitor 2
 Wake up to the dawn chorus of birdsongs this spring! Even while you're still in bed. This high-quality bird-listening device lets you enjoy all of nature's sounds — birdsongs, frogs, crickets, wind, and water — even with your windows closed. Special spring sale!
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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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Reviews
of new and unusual DVDs about birds
and birding. |
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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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Birdwatching
is the very best kind of fun: easy, inexpensive, healthful and satisfying.
Like Henry David Thoreau, we consider any day wasted
that we don't go for a walk and enjoy nature. |
Good birding!
Michael and Diane Porter
(Who we are)
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