Book Reviews

We have been bitten by the digiscoping bug and plan to share everything we learn about digiscoping. See our Digiscoping Setup

• • Digiscoping is Child’s Play
  • Digiscoping Tip – Aperture Priority or Av Mode
  • Finch Invasion Year?
  • Digiscoping Comparison: Swarovski Digital Camera Adapter vs. Swarovski TLS800 Camera Adapter
  • Digiscoping with a Digital SLR Camera
  • Review of Swarovski Carbon Fiber Tripod [CT-101]
  • Review of Swarovski 80 HD Spotting Scope
  • Phriday Photo – White-crowned Sparrow (with a Brown Crown)

We shoot a lot of birds... with two Canons: Canon EOS Rebel XTi and Canon EOS 50D. All of our photos are licensed under Creative Commons so you are welcome to use them. Please link back to birdfreak.com and help spread the word about bird conservation.

• View our Flickr Photostream
• Browse our Photo Lifelist - [244]
• See what's in our Camera Bag

Some of our photos have been used in the following:

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology's BirdScope
• EnjoyHoriconMarsh.com
• CIWMB Office of Education and Environment
• Rockford Register Star [Newspaper]

The following files are available free of charge for you to download and distribute. They will be periodically updated with new information.

• Birdfreak Guide to Taking Kids Birding - Ages 6 to 12 [PDF - 609KB] Version 2.0
• Birdfreak Guide for Teen Birders - Ages 13 to 19 [PDF - 524 KB] Version 1.0
• Why We Need Bird Conservation [PDF - 488 KB] Version 1.0

• • Birdfreak Guide to Taking Kids Birding – Updated
  • Free to Use Bird Photos From Birdfreak.com
  • Birdfreak Bison Bacon Cheeseburger®
  • Musings From a Young Bird Conservationist
  • Bird Conservation Movement: An Introduction
  • Can Birding Ever Become “Mainstream”?

• • Review of The Travails of Two Woodpeckers
  • Review of Lars Jonsson’s Birds: Paintings From a Near Horizon
  • Review of Birds of East Asia
  • Review of Birds of Eastern Africa and Birds of Southern Africa
  • Review of the Princeton Encyclopedia of Birds
  • Review – Where the Birds are In Northeast Spain
  • Review of Corvus: A Life With Birds
  • Review – Hummingbirds of North America

• • C-Notes #12 – Great Reasons to eBird
  • C-Notes #11 – Bird Video Resources
  • C-Notes #10 – Photoblogs
  • C-Notes #9 – Restoring the Everglades and South American Grasslands
  • C-Notes #8 – YouTube, Western Bluebirds and NMBCA
  • C-Notes #7 – Coffee and Green Gifts
  • C-Notes #6 – Birdwire, Bird News Network, and Round Robin
  • C-Notes #5 – Birdwatchradio Number 9, A Georgia Festival and Picking It Up!
  • C-Notes #4 – American Woodcock Conservation, Wetland Restoration and Another Young Birder
  • C-Notes #3 – Illinois Land Acquisitions and Awards
  • C-Notes #2 – Lost Scenes, eBird and Wintering Thrushes
  • C-Notes #1 – Kenyan Conservation, A New Bird, and Help for a Wren

Please sign up for the One Million Birder Project. It is our hope to get 1,000,000 names of bird conservationists to show the world that we are serious about improving the environment for the animals we love so dearly. Sign Up Now!

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