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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, ...

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 »

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 »

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 »

Birders help preserve habitat - Stockton Record

Birders help preserve habitat Stockton Record "I'm from a family of bird hunters and bird watching is part of my passion," Gary Woods said. "I love to hunt with a camera and spotting scope, ...

Snow Geese flock to Delta on journey north - Salt Lake Tribune

Snow Geese flock to Delta on journey north Salt Lake Tribune Judi Short, bundled in a red parka and hood was prepared to enjoy the avian spectacle with cameras and spotting scope. "We like to get out of the gloom of ... and more »

Birding Tips On Better Wild Bird Watching for Birders
It is easy and safer to see birds from a distance and this is why you should invest in a good pair of binoculars and as you get more serious about watching birds you might also want to buy a spotting scope to get the closest views of ...

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 ...

Angled Versus Straight Spotting Scopes
When using straight scopes, the subject is aligned with your eyes whereas in an angled design, this is not the case. You can do bird watching at different levels and angles using an angled scope. With straight scopes, the lens needs ...

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 ...

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.

Birding the Sandhill Crane: Spring Bird Migration on the Platte River
Bird Watching Equipment. Crane watching can be a cold sport. Dress in layers with warm head covering, socks, boots and gloves or mittens, especially for standing in a blind in pre-dawn hours. Cranes can be enjoyed without a lot of expensive gear but binoculars or spotting scopes and cameras with telephoto lenses can enhance the experience. Bird enthusiasts from around the globe come to marvel at this annual ritual that has occurred, uninterrupted, for millions of years. ...

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.

Group has ‘pleasant’ day eagle watching (New Jersey Herald)
If watching the Super Bowl is the quintessential American activity, then you could practically hear “the bombs bursting in air� as Jack Padalino’s small group of bird watchers canvassed three states searching for bald eagles on Super Bowl Sunday.