It's Christmas time and we have some suggestions for you to offer your favourite birdwatcher.
1. Phone Scope Digiscoping Adapter
You don't need an amazing camera to take some bird shots. With a phone scope adapter, you will be able to easily take photos from your binoculars or telescope.
When buying this type of equipment you have to consider the binoculars/telescope you use, particularly the diameter of the ocular, and also the phone model and brand.
Some examples:
. Amazon - Phone Scope Complete Digiscoping Kit
. Gadwall - PhoneCam - Complete Digiscoping Adapter Kit
2. Bird Feeder ... Ler mais
Winter is coming and despite the cold, the season is actually very good for birdwatching. Winter tends to be a quiet season where wild animals (as well as humans!) hideaway from the cold, waiting for warmer days. However, birds don’t hibernate. So, birdwatchers are, in fact, lucky as they can see birds in the wild all year-round.
On the other hand, from a beginners perspective, winter may be the best season to start birdwatching. Especially if you live in the northern areas, where not as many bird species are present during winter. So, new birders have more time and opportunities ... Ler mais
Journals and Field Notebooks may overlap but they can serve different purposes. Their common goal is to keep notes to document key points of our observations either for identification purposes or data collection. And this works pretty much for whichever field you are into, including, of course, birdwatching.
Considering now the birdwatching, whether using field notebooks or birdwatching journals, there are crucial details to take into account that won’t differ much. Things like the name of species, number of individuals, sizes, distinguishing features, behaviours, habitual movements, and unusual postures are information that is most likely documented in whichever tool people ... Ler mais
