Bird Watching Binoculars

Bird Watching Binoculars Make Great Cheap Christmas Gifts

Bird Watching Binoculars Are Great Gifts

There is no bigger thrill for a birding enthusiast than to see birds in their backyard or in the field up close. Having a good pair of bird watching binoculars handy is essential for quick identification of each species. Plus, it gives you an appreciation of their beauty not possible with the naked eye.

I can’t tell you how many times bird watching binoculars have made the difference between wondering what that bird was and being able to ID and catalog it quickly. They basically saved the day for me.

Cheap Christmas Gifts For The Birdwatcher In Your Home

Anybody who does any birdwatching knows the hobby can get expensive. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The careful shopper can always find cheap Christmas gifts that your favorite birdwatcher will love you for.

Some of the most popular of these are birdbaths, birdfeeders and birdhouses. Each of these cheap Christmas gifts are things that every birdwatcher is happy to receive. You can’t go wrong buying one of these for that special person on your list.

So, relax. Buying gifts for the birdwatcher on your list doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. That is, IF you know where to shop.

Spending Some Time With A Cooper’s Hawk

I had a very unusual experience yesterday. Because I feed birds in my backyard, we get an occasional visit from our friendly neighborhood Cooper’s Hawk. Our lot backs up to woods so sometimes he’s able to sneak into a tree unnoticed. Luckily for the other birds, we have a pretty well established Blue Jay alarm network in place. Whenever they see the hawk, they immediately begin squawking and carrying on. They’ll even go so far as to dive at it, chase it into a tree and then continue to harass it until it finally flies off. This is exactly what took place yesterday morning so I thought I’d seen the last of the hawk for that day. I was wrong.

He showed up again in the early afternoon. To my complete surprise, he was on my bird bath. I thought he was catching a quick drink and would soon disappear. Boy, was I ever wrong. He planted himself at that bath for over an hour! I got out my bird watching binoculars and examined him closer. Most of the time when a bird sits on the bath for any length of time they are injured or sickly. I could see right away that he was very healthy and vigorous. The funniest part was watching him try to put his enormous rear end in my 2 foot diameter, 3 inch depth bath and try to bathe himself. I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to get it on video but all my batteries were uncharged when it happened.

I’ve got to say that I have never in my almost 6 years of feeding ever seen this before. It just goes to show that if you have your eyes open you’ll see a lot of things other people miss.

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