Birding And Wild Birds

Binoculars are one of the handiest and most widespread of all optical outdoor instruments. Nature lovers, who like to spent almost all of their time outside frequently own one. Leica binoculars , produced with the highest optimal quality, have attained top flight standing. In 1907, Ernst Leitz optical company started its series of production of the first Binocle 6 X eight. This marked the start of Leica Binoculars which celebrated its hundredth anniversary two years back. There’s a long series and proud tradition of binocular production of where each model is designed to give a correct, clear, magnified and right side-up view of the ... Read Full Story

The temperature was hovering a little below minus 20 C (a degree or so below 0) as the sun was rising this morning. At the entrance to Mount Royal Cemetery I passed a group of hardy souls, shivering as they prepared to take part in the annual Christmas Bird Count. The counts began at the beginning of the 20th century when American ornithologist, Frank Chapman, looking for a way to counter what was then an American tradition, a Christmas bird "shoot.) The first Montreal count was held 1931, and has continued every year (except for four wartime years.) Thousands of birdlovers in North America ... Read Full Story

“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.” - Maya Angelou A few days ago I posted a blog about plans for a DIY project to build a screech... Inspirational Photo Blog with Daily Quotes and Clean Humor. I hope you enjoy. Read Full Story

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

Places: Asia » Cambodia » Si?m Réab » Old Market area Activities: Nature And Sport » Bird Watching » Birdwatching Sightseeing And Tour » Bird Watching » Birdwatching Take one day tour away from Siem Reap town, to experience seasonal lifestyle and nature adaptions of this huge stilt village on the Tonle Sap Lake. You will take motorboat and paddle boat tour in floating village of Vietnamese and flooded forest as well, especially, interact with locals as we design program to walk along village and stop for meals in local family. Contact Tours by Buffalo Trails Bird watching in Prek Toal, Tonle Sap Lake 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