Check out some of our favorite places on the web!
This page is still under construction. Please contact us if you have a favorite website you would like to share with fellow birders.
GREEN LASER PENS - 10% discount available!
Most of the guides in Central and South America use green laser pens to help birders find birds in deep forests where describing the locations would be nearly impossible. Many use pointers with strength of <5mW, but more and more people are using pointers with strengths of up to 50mW so the pens are more useful in well-lit situations. We order our laser pointers from Land, Sea, & Sky and have received quality merchandise and good service. You can see their products and order online at www.landseaskyco.com but if you order by phone you can receive a 10% discount by mentioning Cheepers! Birding on a Budget. Just ask for Darren when you call 713-529-3551.
Please be careful when using your laser pen. NEVER point directly at a bird; always point on a branch or other object a few feet away and then direct others to the bird from your green light. Please see Cheepers! newlsetter Volume 2, Issue 3, for more information on using laser pens effectively. (Click on link to newsletters on the right side of this page.)
OPTICS
Discount Binoculars, based in Mendocino, CA, offers the best optics available at discount prices. Receive expert advice from someone with decades of experience who will work to find the best bins for you rather than trying to sell their own brand of optics.
Discount Binoculars, based in Mendocino, CA, offers the best optics available at discount prices. Receive expert advice from someone with decades of experience who will work to find the best bins for you rather than trying to sell their own brand of optics.
RESEARCH
Internet Bird Collection (IBC) offers photographs and videos of thousands of bird species:
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
If you are traveling with Cheepers!, we will provide you with a customized checklist that cross-references the field guide. But if you want to prepare well in advance, you may want a current checklist for the birds found in your destination country. Avibase offers up-to-date checklists that you can download and print.
http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN
As you prepare for a trip to a new destination, you might want to learn vocalizations for some of your target species. An excellent site that could provide you with the audio you need is xeno-canto:
http://xeno-canto.org/locations.php
Internet Bird Collection (IBC) offers photographs and videos of thousands of bird species:
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
If you are traveling with Cheepers!, we will provide you with a customized checklist that cross-references the field guide. But if you want to prepare well in advance, you may want a current checklist for the birds found in your destination country. Avibase offers up-to-date checklists that you can download and print.
http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN
As you prepare for a trip to a new destination, you might want to learn vocalizations for some of your target species. An excellent site that could provide you with the audio you need is xeno-canto:
http://xeno-canto.org/locations.php
