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Better Birding Audubon Magazine Click on the thumbnail images below for a downloadable PDF of the spotting scopes guide. Choosing the right scope can be a complicated process, ...

Bird-watching flock expected at festival - San Diego Union Tribune

Bird-watching flock expected at festival San Diego Union Tribune At top is a great-tailed grackle spotted in Escondido. Colin Docketty, visiting from England, used a spotting scope to a get a close-up view of birds while ... and more »

San Diego Bird Festival Flies into Town - SanDiego.com

San Diego Bird Festival Flies into Town SanDiego.com Workshop topics will run the gamut from digiscoping (the combination of using a spotting scope with a digital camera to document wildlife sightings) to bird ... and more »

Piping plovers exposed - Orillia Packet & Times

Piping plovers exposed Orillia Packet & Times Eagle Optics from Guelph donated two spotting scopes and binoculars to the project. Because of this intense monitoring, many new behaviour patterns have ...

Refuge opens visitor center - Savannah Morning News

Refuge opens visitor center Savannah Morning News Fee: $30 per person ($10 per child younger than 12 accompanied by a parent) includes use of binoculars and spotting scope, transport around Wildlife Drive ... and more »

Eyes on the sky, counting the birds - Myrtle Beach Sun News

Eyes on the sky, counting the birds Myrtle Beach Sun News So as the 13 th annual Great Backyard Bird Count got under way Friday, he was ready with a spotting scope and binoculars at a window overlooking his ... and more »

Oceano Dunes are a bird haven - San Luis Obispo Tribune

Oceano Dunes are a bird haven San Luis Obispo Tribune Through a spotting scope, Lish watches as a downy tern chick greets an adult in hopes of being fed a fish. Another tern flits by with a small fish in its ... and more »

Nature Bird Watching Blog! | NatureBirdWatching.com
Spotting Scopes Terminology – Best Spotting Scopes For Birding. By Jerry J. Jansen On February 24, 2010 Under Bird Watching. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Spotting Scopes Terminology ...

Optics Blog: Digiscoping rare birds: Thoughts and reviews of ...
Indeed, spring is the time of year to see that truly rare bird in your spotting scope and add it to your life list. Looking back, through all of my years of birding, I recorded more rare birds in the spring than all other times of the ...

How to Choose the Best Bird Watching Spotting Scopes
You may be wondering what makes a good bird watching spotting scope compared to any other spotting scope. These type of scopes are not used for looking at stars. You want a birding scope to see birds at long distances like viewing ...

Piping plovers exposed - The Orillia Packet & Times - Ontario, CA
Suddenly, the bird-watching and local communities were responsible for caring for their beach habitat, protecting the nests from human interference, from dogs and from natural predators. There has been tremendous support. ... Eagle Optics from Guelph donated two spotting scopes and binoculars to the project. Because of this intense monitoring, many new behaviour patterns have been seen and recorded -- some of which were very funny, as told by Nutt. ...

Optics Blog: Spotting scopes out west: Thoughts and reviews of ...
I can remember many a day on a western marsh when I never touched a binocular; a spotting scope did all the work for me. Out in this country, you can make positive bird identifications at enormous distances with a good spotting scope. ...

Bird Watching for Beginners « Kowa Spotting Scope
Bird watching has become a sport that has been around for many years. Also known as birding people of many ages enjoy one of the fastest growing hobbies in America. People of all ages enjoy searching for birds in their region, ...

Birding Binoculars Reviews, Steiner bird watching and spotting scope
Steiner Binoculars used to weigh as heavy as 6 pounds and were huge compared to all the styles offered today.

Piping plovers exposed (Orillia Packet & Times)
Stewart Nutt, the co-ordinator of the piping plover protection team at Sauble Beach, spoke to the Orillia Naturalists' Club last Wednesday at Swanmore Hall. The guest presenter had wonderful slides, including a short video of the piping plover chick's antics.[...]

Hacienda Bar: a different kind of National Wildlife Refuge (Peninsula Clarion)
The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is one of the 551 federal refuges in the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System. These refuges are public land and they are supported by federal tax dollars.

One man's hobby takes flight (The Staunton News Leader)
STAUNTON — It's a Big Year for Dr. John Spahr, a pathologist who retired from Augusta Health last year, and he's spending 2010 doing one of his favorite things: birding.