Hey, birders: aching for a little migration action? Right here in the Heartland, The Biggest Week in American Birding gives major migration satisfaction!
This 10-day Ohio festival has it all, folks. Located near the southwest shore of Lake Erie and surrounded by prime birding habitat, Biggest Week provides the ultimate remedy for winter-weary birders. [...]
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The Biggest Week in American Birding, May 3-12, 2013
Biggest Week in American Birding Visitor Guide
Click the poster! It will link you to the Visitors Guide for one of the biggest, bestest spring birding festivals in the U.S. Don’t miss northern Ohio’s BIGGEST WEEK IN AMERICAN BIRDING!
Nina Cheney
Eagle Optics Staff
Binoculars: Bring them. See what they bring you.
Space Coast : The Place to Be Jan. 23-28, 2013
What began as a friendly birding competition in 1997, Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival has evolved into one of the best-known birding festivals in the U.S. Combining an ideal location with excellent facilities, world-class educators, and an impressive array of opportunities for birders and photographers, this festival needs to be on your calendar, [...]
ABA Announces Bird of the Year for 2012
Newsflash! Officials at the American Birding Association (ABA) have revealed its choice for the ABA Bird of the Year: the Evening Grosbeak!
The ABA, beloved to birders and birdwatchers, provides a forum, community, and resources for all who treasure birds. Each year, a bird species is chosen to serve as an emblem of [...]
Would you like an ABA membership with that?
Thinking of getting or gifting a binocular? Eagle Optics and the American Birding Association are teaming up to make a special offer: buy a binocular from this select list and get a 1-year membership to the ABA (a $45 value) for just $15! The membership is transferable: a great gift for yourself or [...]
Introducing: Our online video feature!
We’re excited! We’re giving our customers a closer look at products on our website. How? With our new product videos located right on the individual product pages. Have you wished you could see a binocular, scope, or accessory more closely? Want to know how it works? See the way [...]
It Seems (a little) Like Spring!
Winter is slowly loosening its grip on Wisconsin. This year, we’ve had to wait longer than usual, it seems, rescheduling outdoor events, refraining from packing away winter clothes, and hastening out with binoculars to birdwatch and get our hands in the soil between raindrops and wind blasts.
Thankfully, the migrating birds arrive like clockwork, year [...]
ABA: Advocating for Birds and Birders Alike
Birders: who’s got your back? The ABA does! The American Birding Association (ABA) is a non-profit organization that supports, inspires, and empowers recreational birdwatchers by providing leadership and helping to increase birders’ knowledge and skills. As described in their Mission Statement, the ABA helps to further the enjoyment of birding through publications, [...]
Why buy the best? Well, why not?
Whether you’re a veteran birder or a beginner shopping for your first binocular, there are some things you ought to know about high-end binoculars. I’m talking about the select few European brands (Swarovski, Leica, and Zeiss) whose reputations for quality and craftsmanship have kept them at the top of the heap in terms of performance [...]
Surefire Saint Minimus: Giftus Maximus
As the newest, most wide-eyed member of the Eagle Optics sales staff, I get my hands on all sorts of fabulous optics. Naturally, as part of assisting our customers, all of us handle, evaluate, and compare optics on a daily basis. We each have the opportunity to try and field test the latest innovations [...]
