Okay, gang, this just got real. Because we have in our hot little hands the grand prize for Friday’s midnight screening of The Big Year. A pair of 10×30 Swarovski CL Companion binoculars. Retail value? One Grand. And we’re giving it away to one lucky winner. So what do you need to do to win? Just come [ Read More ]
Okay folks, it’s almost time for the Big Year and Birds and Beers! Call the showplace icon and get tickets ahead of time to ensure a seat. The number is 1-800-326-3264 and you want the Midnight VIP screening of The Big Year. Showplace Icon is going to offer a special midnight screen Friday morning at [ Read More ]
Clay and I both posted albums of our five favorite photos from Digiduel 2 on the Swarovski Optik Facebook page. You can vote on your favorite Clay photos here or my photos here. This photo of rock pigeons balancing on thin branches of a hackberry to eat the fruit was one of the photos that [ Read More ]
One of the things I was counting on to give me an edge over Clay in our Digiscoping Duel was this mountain ash tree (or rowan as Mr. Neil calls it). It’s ripe and the berries time perfectly with fall migration. This tree can be loaded with all sorts of birds like the above female [ Read More ]
The results are in from the first ever Twitter Digiscoping Duel: My buddy, Clay Taylor of Swarovski Optik digiscoped from his yard in Texas and he posted photos of 31 species. I set myself up at Mr. Neil’s yard with the above digiscoping setup–lots of birds and easy Internet access. Alas, my final total was [ Read More ]
One of the reasons I was at the Great Salt Lake Bird Festival in Utah was to conduct a digiscoping workshop for Swarovski Optik. I really enjoy doing these types of workshops, we start with a basic how to and then we go out someplace birdy and take photos. They are not trips about getting [ Read More ]
There are more people interested in casual birding than we realize and you never know who that is. So, last fall I went to Las Vegas with Non Birding Bill, Clay Taylor and WildBird on the Fly to film some digiscoping videos, I think I had my biggest geek out ever–bigger than the time I [ Read More ]
I found another Kazakhstan entry from when I was there last May! Whoot! One of the coolest places that Swarovski took us to test out their new magnesium scopes was Charyn Canyon in Kazakhstan. It’s so huge that you can barely see the people in the distance in the above photo. I think the only [ Read More ]
I love birding–you can do it anywhere and I love to show people that. To prove it, I called some friends: WildBird on the Fly and Clay Taylor and said, “Let’s make some videos on birding and digiscoping in Las Vegas. We are probably going to have at least 4 when Non Birding Bill is [ Read More ]
You may recall that I took a little trip to Kazahstan in May…I still have a few posts left to write about this wonderful place. I don’t know if I will ever get back, but I hope I do. I have said it before and I will say it again, if you want to feel [ Read More ]
