How to focus fast!
Ever had the frustration of not knowing which way to turn the binocular focus knob to get a fast-moving bird into focus? Here’s a trick—always turn the knob one way as part of a continuous motion when...
View ArticleAre Your Binoculars Properly Aligned?
Make sure your binoculars are well aligned by checking whether the two sides are magnifying the same image! You can get a quick idea by simply looking through the eyepieces and positioning an object...
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Birding Tip Series #1: Probability Birding
When I first began to bird I imagined that if, for example, I wished to find a cactus wren, it was sufficient to drive down into the desert – the appropriate habitat – and look. It was through the...
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Birding Tip Series #2: From Tom Wood
Tip#1: To a beginning birder, the sight of a field guide with over 800 species of North American birds must look intimidating. Don’t worry; your task is not really to sort through all those birds one...
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Birding Tip Series #3: From Josh Haas
1) Figure out what it ISN’T My number 1 philosophy in birding is to figure out what it ISN’T. Bird ID is all about narrowing down by bird families to get closer and closer to the actual ID of the bird...
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Birding Tip Series #4: Birding With Young Children
Recently, a radio journalist asked a little girl what was her favorite thing about books. She said that when you get to know a character in a book they are your friend for life. Learning a few of the...
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Birding Tip Series #5: from Rosemary Allen
1. Accompany an experienced birder but be sure to bring your bird guide and binoculars. 2. Have a destination in mind where birds have been spotted and wake up with the birds before sunrise or watch...
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Birding Tip Series # 6: from Zoe J. Sheldon
Hmmm, birding tips… My favorite advice was from my college natural history professor, Steve Trombulak. He told all of us as novice birders to really look at the whole bird and try to come up with its...
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Birding Tip Series #7: Know Your Business
Vireos are treetop birds often obscured in dense foliage. They can be very difficult to distinguish from one another. UNLESS you know their songs. Then it can be fairly easy. This is true also of...
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Birding Tip Series #8: Sort the Oddity from the Flock
Sort the oddity from the flock. Uncommon or out-of range birds will often join a flock of common, but closely related species. Large, mixed-species flocks of waterfowl, gulls or shorebirds are good...
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