Birding Binoculars – Which are Best?

06.26.09 | Author: Donna P. Bessken | Posted in Outdoors | No Comments »

When you hardly notice the weight in your hands while you are watching some curious little warbler in the brush, you know you have purchased a good pair of binoculars for yourself. With good binoculars you sometimes feel like you are looking with your own eyes only the view is closer, magnified and clear. How big do you want that image to be? Well, that will depend on many things. How heavy will the binoculars be with extra magnification? Can you hold the binoculars steady if they are magnified more than 10 times (10x)? How heavy will the binoculars be with extra magnification?

My Wonderful Waterproof Binoculars

05.25.09 | Author: Carin Nightingale | Posted in Vacations | No Comments »

Don’t ever say it could not happen to you. I helped those guys who capsized in the frigid waters of a river near my home in the swamp. But not me. The following summer I traveled to the Adirondack Mountains for my vacation. I love the coniferous forest, the mountains, the clear lakes. Naturally, as a beginning birder I carried my precious Leupold compact binoculars with me everywhere. My quest for lifelist birds had begun.

Leupold Binoculars – Comparing Compact Leupold Binoculars

05.06.09 | Author: Wendy Jones | Posted in Recreation & Sports | No Comments »

When a company like Leupold has a 100 years of experience with manufacturing a wide range of optics like binoculars, range scopes, spotting scopes and more, you can expect them to have a solid lifetime warranty on all of their products. Their engineers have refined optical components and purged the interior with nitrogen to ensure the highest quality lenses available.

Healthy Outdoor Activities Remembered

04.28.09 | Author: Carin Nightingale | Posted in Health & Fitness | No Comments »

Do you remember being told, Go outside and play when you were a kid? Did you ever wonder what to DO? Outside? Not me. Outside was home for me.