Another new optical instrument on display at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival is the latest addition to the Kowa Genesis binocular family – the Genesis 33. Smaller and lighter than the original Genesis 44 (the 8x model of the 33 is reported to be a mere 21 ounces), this new model incorporates a “butterfly […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
New Zeiss Digital Camera Spotting Scope
One of the best reasons to attend the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival is the chance to see some of the innovative new birding products just unveiled for the coming year. For example, Zeiss’ new PhotoScope 85 FL spotting scope with a fully integrated digital camera was on display at the Zeiss Optics booth. With […]
Birds, Beers, and Birding Bloggers
Living in Oregon as I do, it’s not often that I get to attend one of Birdchick’s famous Birds and Beers events. However as both Birdchick and I are simultaneously attending the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival in Harlingen, Texas, I naturally accepted the invitation given by her to join in the gathering held on […]
Burning Hawk at the RGV
For the first time in RGV history, this year’s event features an Official Conservation Wine – Burning Hawk. Nick (pictured here) and the Burning Hawk team devote 10% of all sales to bird conservation projects. From the reaction of the crowd gathered at the tasting here at the RGV, Burning Hawk is both delicious on […]