Back around 1998 or 1999, after fairly thorough market research, I bought a Nikon 60mm Fieldscope III spotting scope and the excellent 40x wide angle eyepiece to go with it. It was the pick of the mid-range scopes at that time according to several influential publications. I think I used money from a textbook review […]
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This is a story in three parts. Part One. I’m one of those people who likes keeping track of things. I have a spreadsheet of all the books I’ve read. At least the ones I could remember at the time I started the spreadsheet a few years ago. When I got interested in birds, I […]
How do you become a birder? For me, it wasn’t really an intentional thing. It developed kind of naturally out of a love of the outdoors. As a kid in small-town South Carolina, the woods behind the house were my playground. The move to Charleston when I was 10 presented a whole new water-centric aspect […]
Can't help Birding 