Articles in: Product Reviews
Review of Wildbirds Unlimited Slide/Flex Bino-System Binocular Strap
January 24, 2011 | 4 comments
The following is a review of the Wildbirds Unlimited Slide/Flex Bino-System Binocular Strap or what we refer to as a “binocular harness”. Read to the bottom for a chance to win a free item from the Wildbirds Unlimited Store. Contest now closed. I’ve seen numerous birders using binocular harnesses before but always thought they were [...]
Wall Poster – Sibley Backyard Birds: Eastern North America
July 20, 2010 | 4 comments
David Allen Sibley is one of the world’s top wildlife artists. His detailed birds grace the pages of the beautiful Sibley Guide to Birds and more recently, Sibley crafted The Sibley Guide to Trees. Now you can get Sibley’s birds as a jaw-dropping wall poster. Measuring 24″ x 36″, the Sibley Backyard Birds: Eastern North [...]
Review – Swarovski Universal Camera Adapter (UCA)
June 29, 2010 | 3 comments
The following is a review of Swarovski’s Universal Camera Adapter (UCA). When coupled to a Swarovski spotting scope and a camera (or video camera) you have a super powerful way to capture excellent shots of birds and other wildlife. At a mere 12 oz., the UCA will not add any undue weight to your photography [...]
New Swarovski EL Binocular With Swarovision
April 28, 2010 | 1 comment
The new Swarovski EL binoculars are out and they are, in a word, unbelievable. In a fantasy world where warbler fallouts happen every day, Black and Yellow Rails take model poses seven feet from you, and the sun is always at the perfect viewing angle, these are the sort of bins you’d have. The good [...]
Review of the Swarovski Optik 25-50x W Eyepiece
April 26, 2010 | 2 comments
The following is a review of the Swarovski 25-50x W Eyepiece spotting scope eyepiece. This wide angle eyepiece can be used for wildlife observation and digiscoping. To use the 25-50x W eyepiece (or any Swarovski eyepiece) you must remove the previous one first. Or if this is your first eyepiece just install it by first [...]
Web Review: Conservation Media
January 13, 2010 | 2 comments
Conservation Media is the home of professional ecologists who use green film-making to bring about conservation issues and ideas in professional-grade videos. The site is fairly new but Conservation Media has a wonderfully sound concept behind them. Their push for green film-making means that their video production is carbon neutral. They use solar power to [...]
Review of the iFlyer Birdsong Scanning Wand
December 14, 2009 | 4 comments
The iFlyer Birdsong Scanning Wand is a fun birding tool that can greatly enhance your field guide and your bird song learning abilities. With 206 bird species and 10 kinds of frogs included, the iFlyer Birdsong Scanning Wand is a great way to learn sounds. The wand itself is like an oversized pen with a [...]
Review of Really Wild Cards – Collectable Bird Sound Cards
November 10, 2009 | 2 comments
I’ve always thought greeting cards that played sounds when you opened them were a bit quirky and sometimes even a tad annoying. So I was a bit skeptical when I heard about Really Wild Cards. But after seeing the beautiful artwork and knowing the sounds were from the Macaulay Library and sponsored by the Cornell [...]
