I was surprised by a young Barred Owl that flew over me while birding a few days ago. Amazingly, it landed on the shore of the creek and proceeded to drink! I didn’t have my spotting scope or tripod in order to digiscoping it, but I still wanted to capture a video of [...]
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New Swarovski Eyepiece Is Here
Early Monday morning the Eagle Optics staff was busy calling numerous customers to fill their backorders for Swarovski’s new 25-50x spotting scope eyepiece. For many Swarovski devotees, investing in the new eyepiece was a must. But, some of us will first ask ourselves why we would replace a perfectly wonderful 20-60 zoom eyepiece with a [...]
Tidbits of Binocular History and More
Do you know which sport optics company began as the maker of spy cameras? You will find the answer to this and learn other interesting tidbits on the new Eagle Optics website. Preparations for the redesign of www.eagleoptics.com afforded me the pleasure of researching and writing short introductions about each of the sport optics manufacturers [...]
Don’t Delay-Trust Eagle Optics for Savings
Save Money and See Better—
A long-held belief in our industry centers on the idea that good optics have to be expensive. At Eagle Optics we say, “Not always true.” Advancements in technology have made sport optics with a desirable performance available at more affordable prices, and we are making sure our customers find the best [...]
Swarovski Announces Digiscoping Winners
Swarovski Digiscoper of the Year-
What could be as wonderful as seeing wildlife in person? Most of us would say nothing. But when you can’t travel around the world, I recommend you take in the colors and details of the astoundingly beautiful photographs selected as winners in the 2008 Swarovski Digiscoper of the Year contest. You [...]
Win A Zeiss Conquest or Swarovski EL
Eagle Optics has delivered five free binoculars to readers of our weekly email since we started the email contest. All you have to do is subscribe and open our email within six days of receipt to be automatically entered in this monthly drawing. In November and December, Eagle Optics is pleased to partner with Zeiss [...]
Digiscoping With Mike McDowell
At Eagle Optics, we do our best to learn about the products we sell by using them in the field. Recently, my co-worker Christine got a digiscoping lesson from Mike McDowell and came back with great enthusiasm about this exciting method of nature photography. (Song Sparrow photo courtesy of Christine)
So what did Christine learn? Here [...]
Swarovski EL Demo Sale
Once you read this blog, there is no time to waste in spreading the word or placing your order. Eagle Optics has in stock a limited number of Swarovski EL 8×32 and 10×32 binoculars. These premier binoculars are demos that were used in Swarovski’s Gallery Stores and are now offered at great savings to Eagle [...]
Swarovski’s Digiscoping Olympics
Have you found yourself staying up late to watch the Olympic games? I certainly found it easy to be enveloped by the human drama and striking images of athletic competition coming from China over the past week. I couldn’t help but experience some of this same wonderment as I reviewed the winning digiscoped photographs from [...]
Binos, Birds, and Best Deals
Snow and rain greeted southern Wisconsin on Saturday morning but it didn’t stop the antics of the birds in the yard. The ground was alive with the jittery bobbing of Dark-eyed Juncos who had stopped by to eat during their migration north. Gathering as if to discuss the rudeness of Mother Nature, the American Goldfinches, [...]
