Birding And Wild Birds

I have to ask you if Leupold Gold Ring Binoculars - are they all they seem to be? Recently I shared about my favored Leupold Katmai Compact Binoculars , so you know I have a preference for compacts. These are 10X32. So they are a little larger, weigh a little more and have more magnification and more field of vision than the compacts do. Remember what the numbers mean? The 10X means you see the object 10 times the size it is. The 32 means the size of the lens opening, 32 mm. You can see more about what these numbers mean here. Gold ... Read Full Story

Violet Sabrewing, specie campylopterus hemileucurus, is a very big hummingbird built-in to southern Mexico and Decisive America as far south as Costa Rica and western Panama. It is a species of the understory and edges of alp forests, exceptionally acent streams. The female Violet Sabrewing lays its two white eggs in a relatively large cup nest on a little horizontal bough, as a rule over a stream. The Violet Sabrewing is 15 cm long; the male weighs 11.5 g and the female 9.5 g. The full grown manlike is bottomless violet, with a dark green back and wing coverts. The shafts of the male’s ... Read Full Story

Leupold Katmai 8×32mm Compact Armor Binoculars 56420 I am ready to upgrade my compact binoculars and this is what I am looking at. Since Leupold is in my Five Best Binoculars ratings and I love compact for most of my travels, this has the features I seek plus it is a bit more heavy duty than the compacts I use now. That helps when I am passing them to less experienced folks. Compact Birdwatching Binoculars Look closely at the central focus knob for one of my favorite features. Also note the left eyepiece (ocular) has its own focus dial. That provides maximum clarity for ... Read Full Story

Mikado Pheasant, specie syrmaticus mikado, is a gamebird in the pheasant children Phasianidae of the arrangement Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is endemic to high regions of Taiwan. It is commonly referred to as the unofficial “national bird” of Taiwan. The species occupies close-knit shrubs, bamboo aggrandizement and grassy terrain with conifer overstory in decisive and southern Taiwan, from 2000 to 3200 metres above sea level. Mikado Pheasants will again and again advance and Cattle for food (a diet of various fruit, leaves, vegetation, seeds and invertebrates) at the same date, in a air alike to chickens, on the forest floor and mountain trails, especially ... Read Full Story

Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra, is a gigantic seabird of the gannet kin, Sulidae. This kind breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic; in the eastern Pacific it is replaced by the Nazca Booby, Sula granti, which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Masked Booby. This is the largest booby, at 81-91 cm space, 152 cm wingspan and 1500 g poundage. Adults are wan with pointed black wings, a pointed black tailpiece, and a darksome cloudy facemask. The sexes are similar, but the male has a yellow bill, and the female’s is greenish yellow; during the breeding spell they retain ... Read Full Story

Mallard, specie anas platyrhynchos, the archetypal “ferocious duck”, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, it gave rise to most domestic ducks, alone from the Muscovy Duck. The dabbling duck is 56–65 cm length, with an 81–98 cm wingspan, and weighs 750–1,000 g. The breeding male is unmistakable with a green head, black rear bound and a yellow bill with a black tip (as opposed to the dark brown bill in females). The female Mallard is light brown, like most female dabbling ducks; ... Read Full Story

Ptarmigan, specie lagopus muta, is a medium-sized (31-35 cm or 12-14 inches) gamebird in the beef children. It is admitted as Rock Ptarmigan, or colloquially Snow Chicken in North America, where it is the official bird for the territory of Nunavut, Canada. It is a desk breed, ancestry across arctic and subarctic Eurasia and North America (including Greenland) on rocky mountainsides and tundra. There are isolated populations in the mountains of Scotland, the Pyrenees, the Alps, Bulgaria, the Urals, the Pamir Mountains, the Altay Mountains and Japan. During the endure break the ice begin day, the species was far more widespread in continental Europe. ... Read Full Story