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Bird Watcher's Digest

This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

March 23, 2012
Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

How I wonder why the field sparrow has pink feet and a pink bill. It's fancy. It's cheering. How lovely, now that spring has come, to see those surprising spots  of color. And to hear again a sweet, slender song, quavering higher and faster to a vanishing trill. And how my heart rises with it.

Field Sparrow

Photo copyright 2012 Michael and Diane Porter

—Diane Porter

Chickadee on hand

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Inexpensive binoculars

Eagle Optics Shrike BinocularEveryone interested in watching wild birds deserves her or his very own binoculars.

A good binocular for getting started does not have to be expensive, but it should have good optical quality.

The Eagle Optics Shrike 8x42 costs only $99.99

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.

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