Long Sleeve T-shirt with hunting, window, cat, birds, watching
October 30, 2008
Gildan Long Sleeve Tee
* 6.1 oz., 100% preshrunk cotton jersey
* Seamless collar taped neck and shoulders
* No center crease (quarter-turned) full cut Buy from here…
A Birder’s Guide to the Cincinnati Tristate, Second Edition
October 30, 2008
This guide to the birds and birding areas of the Cincinnati Tristate updates, expands, revises and reorganizes the ori- ginal edition. Emphasis is placed on the natural habitats of the Tristate and on the seasonal fluctuation of regional bird populations. The guide is designed primarily for be- ginning birdwatchers and for those visiting the Cincinnati area. Buy from here…
Birdwatching in Israel
October 30, 2008
New York’s 50 Best Places to Go Birding in and Around the Big Apple
October 30, 2008
Grab your binoculars!
Long overdue, the first comprehensive, authoritative, witty, insidery, beautifully illustrated, must-have guide to birding in New York City is now in print.
Watch thousands of pure white snow geese suddenly take to the air and float like confetti before the NYC skyline, two miles distant across gleaming Jamaica Bay.
Stand on a platform 50 yards from a spectacular Atlantic Ocean beach and observe 5,000 hawks cruise by in an afternoon.
Search for intensely-colored warblers in Prospect Parks Vale of Kashmir, Central Parks Strawberry Fields, Forest Parks Watering Hole, or High Rock Parks Loosestrife Swamp.
Visit a reservoir where upwards of 30 eagles swoop in before dusk to roost in vast stands of white pine that border the water and cover the surrounding hills.
Check out the Wood Ducks on Van Cortlandt Park Lake, the Harlequin Ducks that winter at Point Lookout, the tens of thousands of broad-winged hawks that pass over the Audubon Center in Greenwich, the colony of monk parakeets that established itself at Green-Wood Cemetery, the yellow-throated and cerulean warblers that nest on Bulls Island.
Go birding in the Big Apple, with John Thaxton and Alan Messer as your guides to one of North Americas finest birding hotspots: New York City. Buy from here…
Olympus Trooper 10×50 DPS 1 Binoculars
October 30, 2008
If you need equal parts economy, endurance and 10x optical power, consider the Trooper 10×50 DPS R. This standard Porro Prism binocular brings sports enthusiasts to their game with easily focused, wide-angle views that are great for tracking - and keeping up with - fast moving subjects, and provide UV ray protection so you never have to worry about the sun. And maybe best of all, these binoculars spare the bank account besides.
Customer Review: Great Binoculars!
Excellent binoculars. Very easy to adjust, and great optics. Includes a useful carrying case and neck strap. A real bargain for the price.
Customer Review: Awesome binoculars
This is a great pair of binoculars, especially for the price. I purchased them as a gift for my husband, but they’re so easy to use, I like to use them too! Buy from here…
Online Dating Ladies T-Shirt
October 27, 2008
Description: Let’s face it, Online Dating is for the birds! But it is an easy way to peck up a cheep date….. Buy from here…
Alpen APEX 8.5×50 Waterproof Roof Prism Binocular
October 27, 2008
Alpen Apex 8.5×50 Waterproof Binoculars 496 Buy from here…
Ceramic Travel Coffee Mug - Red Cardinals
October 27, 2008
The coffee mug is microwave and dishwasher safe and has a removable swivel, sealed lid and a non-slip bottom. Approximately 6″ in height. Holds 12 oz of Coffee or Tea. Same mugs are sold in the Gift Stores. This is a wonderful gift or keepsake to add to your collection. Buy from here…
Good Birders Don’t Wear White: 50 Tips From North America’s Top Birders
October 27, 2008
Alight and fun collection of birding advice, with contributions from Kenn Kaufman, David Sibley, Pete Dunne, Tim Gallagher, Don and Lillian Stokes, Bill Thompson III, and forty-four others. Original essays from the biggest names in birding dispense advice to birders of every level, on topics ranging from feeding birds and cleaning binoculars to pishing and pelagic birding. Whether satirizing bird snobs or relating the traditions and taboos of the birding culture, each essay is chock-full of helpful information and entertaining as well. Pete Dunnes lively foreword kicks off the collection of essays, which are organized by category. Half of the essays are illustrated with delightful black-and-white line drawings by artist Robert Braunfield.
Customer Review: Not a how-to book, but a delightful read with wonderful illustrations
If you’re looking for an encyclopedic how-to book on birding, this is not it. Rather, these essays by some of the top names in the business are reflections on birdwatching experiences with some lessons derived from those often hilarious experiences thrown in. There are some useful tips to be gleaned along the way, no doubt, but what you will really enjoy is discovering the sense of common experience with the writers even if you haven’t been to these locales. I found myself chuckling throughout and thinking, “Oh, boy. Yep, that’s happened to me.” Or, “I’ve seen that too many times. When will people learn?” It’s a good refresher on the do’s and don’t’s, and a refreshing read on a wonderful avocation.
I can’t say enough about the illustrations–delightful, amusing, creative, and funny, for starters. They are an excellent addition to the essays. I hope we see more of Mr. Braunfield’s work in other books soon. I’m giving the book 5 stars just for the illustrations alone.
Lastly, this would make a great gift for the avid or amateur birder or birdwatcher in your life. You know the ones…they can be found with binoculars at the ready, decked out in white…or not, sometimes on private lands, sometimes on national forests and grasslands. What are those? Read The Forest Service and the Greatest Good: A Centennial History and see.
Customer Review: Good Birders Don’t Wear White
Imagine someone, or a group, deciding that it would be a great idea to have a book containing essays by all of the really good contributors to the literature about birds. This is that book. There are fifty essays. The contributors have published books, written articles, edited magazines, photographed birds; in short, they are the cream of the crop. Several are represented on my bookshelves. The cartoonish illustrations in the book are fantastic and match wonderfully well with the text.
The problem with the book is that the useable information content is very low. Regardless of whether you are a beginning birder, intermediate, or expert; you will find a small amount of useable information here while the rest you either knew or didn’t want to know. Part of the problem is that there was too little space to develop a thought. Take 261 pages, subtract space for 24 full-page illustrations, take away enough lines for long paragraphs giving the awards and accomplishments of each writer, and provide a lot of white space. Divide that by fifty and you don’t allow a writer room to say much.
On the other hand, every reader will find something of value. The last two essays caused me to reflect on what it takes to be a good birder. And then, there are those delightful illustrations.
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Alpen 8 x 25 Pro Series Compact Wide Angle Porro Prism Binocular with 8.2 Degree Angle of View, USA
October 27, 2008
ALPEN Pro Series binoculars provide top performance and have superior features demanded by today’s dedicated sports optics users. Pro binoculars have exceptional value. They are offered in a wide selection of models to meet any sports optics need, including full-size, waterproof, and compact models, in both roof and porro prisms Buy from here…
