A Florida Big Day
Join Athena on a whirlwind Big Day in Charlotte County, Florida for some fun and fast-paced birding!
Archive for April, 2014
ID-Tip Tuesday: Male and Female Ibis
John Sterling has a tip for identifying sexes of Glossy and White-faced ibis.
Leica Stories: Chris Benesh
From funky warblers to unexpected mammals, there isn’t much that birding guide Chris Benesh hasn’t seen through his Leicas. Birding Team member Jennie Duberstein recently chatted with her fellow Tucsonan to find out a little more about how he became a birder.
Leica Birding Team: Tom Johnson
Leica Product Specialist David La Puma sits down with Leica Birding Team’s newest member, Tom Johnson, for a little Q&A about what got Tom into birds, and where his migrations are taking him. Read on to learn more about this rising star of birding.
Happy 80th Birthday Dame Jane Goodall!
There are many people who help conserve wildlife, who dedicate part or all of their lives to understanding and protecting that which cannot protect itself. Primates, so much like us humans, hold so many secrets of human evolution. More than that, though, they are intrinsically valuable in and of themselves. One woman who has done more than anyone else to both study and conserve chimpanzees, is Dame Jane Goodall. Today is Dr. Goodall’s 80th birthday and we at Leica Sport Optics wish to acknowledge her with this piece written by Juan Valadez. Read on to relive the experiece with Juan and Jane!
Wordless Wednesday
Leica Birding Team’s John Sterling and birder Scott Terrill dazed and confused shortly after they found the Taiga Flycatcher in California.
ID-Tip Tuesday: Some quack and dirty scaup notes
Ever get tripped up identifying the two species of scaup? Yeah, us too…but Leica Birding Team member Tom Johnson breaks it down for us so everyone can have a better shot at conclusive ID of these similar (but different!) species.
In 2013 you followed the trials and tribulations of a pair of Leica Trinovid 8x42 binoculars passed from hand to hand across the Americas on a “big year” quest to see as many bird species as possible!
In 2014 we have a sleek 7x42 Ultravid HD binocular traveling the globe and soaking in many spectacular sights! Follow along with us vicariously here.
