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Binocular of the Year Awards announced for 2010

The 2010 Binocular of the Year awards have been announced at Binoculars.com.  The winners for seven selected categories were posted recently and the selections are worthy.  Any time I see an award given to a binocular I always remember its still only an opinion.  I have personally done field testing trying to conclude the never [...]

New binoculars for 2010

2010 brings some exciting new products to binoculars   Nikon’s all new Monarch Dielectric Binoculars This year we saw a change to the most popular binocular in a decade.  The Nikon Monarch binocular got an update by adding Dielectric coatings.  The Nikon 8×42 Monarch Binoculars and Nikon 10×42 Monarch Binoculars have been among the highest reviewed binoculars under 500 [...]

A Few Lessons from Dillon

“Can we go bird chasing tomorrow?!” We are visiting Scott’s family in the tiny town of Spences Bridge, British Columbia.  His young great-nephew is eager to go birding with us again.  We have taken him out in the height of the spring and early summer when Lewis’s Woodpecker, Lazuli Buntings, and Osprey drip from the [...]

Gems of the North

Bundle up. Bird bloggers Scott and Penny take us on a winter birding adventure, north of the border. “^(!@&$%(! Hawk Owl!” I braked sharply, sliding the car to a stop, narrowly avoiding the snow bank.  Following Scott’s shaky directions, I spied the lovely Northern Hawk Owl perched serenely on the top of a stunted pine.  [...]

The Trouble with Tabbies

Here’s another post from our birding experts, Penny Rose and Scott Hoskin: The dreaded phone call finally came on a Friday afternoon.  While relaxing on his day off Scott was horrified to see Lady Raz catch and kill a Dark-eyed Junco in our backyard before he could intervene.  This little tabby had shown up in [...]

How Suet It Is… another post for the birds

The gift Mary Jo shared with us has been a tremendous boost to the birds in our backyard. Try it in your backyard- whether the wilds of Arizona or in less likely urban backyard, you will be delighted with the results. Here's the recipe:

Food for thought- feeding hummingbirds

Feeding hummingbirds correctly is simple and rewarding.  Doing it incorrectly can be disappointing or worse, fatal for the hummingbirds.  Keys for success include following the simple 4 to 1 ratio recipe that mimics the sugar content of wildflower nectar and keeping the feeders clean. Difficulties arise in feeding when we humans attempt to enhance this [...]