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
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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
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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
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
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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
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The iPhone is a wonderful gadget for birders, especially with some of the easy-to-use applications. The Peterson Field Guide to Warblers (available for iPod touch as well) is a basic yet quick source for one of the trickiest families of birds to master. You can read our review of the printed version of The Peterson
We’ve been using BirdJam for what seems like eons now. Basically, the BirdJam software takes your installed bird song CDs and turns your iPod or iPhone into the ultimate bird song machine. Birdjam: removes voiceovers announcing the bird on the track splits double tracks into individual ones adds a plethora of playlists to better organize
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We were honored to spend the night at The Audubon Inn, located in Mayville, Wisconsin, one of the gateways to Horicon Marsh. We only wish we could have stayed longer!! We easily found The Audubon Inn after a day of intense birding around Horicon Marsh. Right in the heart of downtown Mayville, The Audubon Inn
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