If you’re like me, you’ve waited to the last minute to even think of buying Christmas gifts because you just haven’t found the time. Between birding, work (more birding), and planning future birding (CBC), you’d think I would be sick of birds, but never! Let Nemesis Bird help you with your last minute holiday gifts for the birders and outdoor … Read More
2017 Holiday Gift Ideas for Birders and Nature Lovers
It’s that time of year again, when everyone realizes Christmas is just a few weeks away, and they haven’t bought a gift for the hardest person to buy for on their list…the birder. This year, Nemesis Bird is featuring a few typical “bird-themed” gifts, and some great birding books that came out in 2017. Our 2017 list also contains some … Read More
Kickstarter Find: Here earbuds – Change The Way You Hear Birds
There is a pretty interesting product on Kickstarter right now that could find a niche in birding. The Here wireless earbuds promise to do one thing and do it well – allow you to customize how you hear real world sounds. You can think of it as hacking your ears. Here allows you to adjust the volume of sounds, change … Read More
Liveblog – We’re at the Birding Optics and Gear Expo!
Bird Watcher’s Digest is hosting a free try-before-you-buy event, the Birding Optics and Gear Expo, at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center in Columbus, Ohio this weekend. I’ll be hanging out at the Phone Skope booth all weekend, so if you’re in the area, swing by to talk about digiscoping, birding, the new Sibley Guide, and anything else birding or nonbirding … Read More
First look: Leica Televid Extender 1.8x
We are excited to share an exclusive first look at a prototype of the new Leica Extender 1.8x for the APO-Televid scopes. As with all prototypes, it is likely that the Extender 1.8x will be further refined before the actual product release. That being said, the Extender 1.8x that I tested felt very polished and I had no trouble popping … Read More
Optics Review: Leica Ultravid HD
There are a couple of things birders look for in a top end binocular– sharp image, wide field of view, true color, accurate contrast, no chromatic aberration, close and smooth focus, good depth of field. You’ll go nuts trying to discern any big differences between the top binoculars available. So what does that leave us with? You have to try the … Read More
Digiscoping adapter roundup for smartphones
With the increased quality of cell phone cameras, more people are using them to photograph birds using their scopes as a huge zoom. Several adapters have come onto the market that fit onto the iPhone 4 and newer models, as well as some that work on various Android phones. Here we will review some of the best adapters that we … Read More
iPhone 5s- Camera and digiscoping
The iPhone 5s shipped with a 8 megapixel camera, like last year’s iPhone 5. We hoped it would be something more on the order of 13 megapixels like some of its competitors, but Apple decided to keep it at 8 megapixels and improve the quality of the sensor. Some of the biggest changes from last years model are the larger … Read More
Review: iPhone 5s – video magic
There is nothing that does a better job telling a story than great videos of your birding adventures. But as we all know there is a huge difference between the quality of digiscoped videos. In this review, we are putting the new 5s to the test and showing you its capabilities and some tricks so you can make the best … Read More
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