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Bolinas Birding & Studio Visit w/ Keith Hansen + Swarovski Optik Scope
- Item Number
- 002
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 1950 USD to oystercatcher
- Number of Bids
- 15 - Bid History
Item Description
Point Reyes National Seashore Association is thrilled to partner with internationally known birder, Keith Hansen and Swarovski Optik for this exclusive birding experience for two that is truly once-in-a-lifetime.
Grab a fellow friend or birder to join you for a 4-hour private birding adventure around Bolinas Lagoon with internationally known birder and illustrator Keith Hansen. With nearly 490 species of birds sighted (51% of species of birds in North America), Point Reyes National Seashore easily claims the prize for the greatest bird diversity in any U.S. National Park. Your expert birder, Keith Hansen will guide you around his home turf in search of song, shore and waterbirds. Born from a long line of artists and naturalists, Keith begin birding when he was just six years old, but a chance encounter with a Cedar waxwing was what sealed his life-long fascination with the bird world.
On this exclusive trip you will also learn how to sharpen your birding skills with a new scope package courtesy of our friends at Swarovski Optik. As the winning bidder you will take home a Swarovski STM-80 HD Straight Spotting Scope with a 20-60 eyepiece, CT Travel Carbon Tripod, and a DH 101 Tripod Head to enhance your outdoor viewing experience. For over 60 years, Swarovski Optik has been producing optics with the best Austrian engineering and high-class workmanship to enhance your forays into nature. Their goal is to pass on high-quality, long-lasting products that will help you experience nature in all its intensity, so you can gain more from observing nature’s bountiful beauty.
The Swarovski STM-80 HD Straight Spotting Scope provides uncompromising optical perfection for extreme pinpoint detail, lifelike color reproduction and outstanding peripheral edge-to-edge sharpness. This ergonomically designed high definition lens minimizes color fringing for high contrast images with razor-sharp outlines. It also features SWAROCLEAN technology coating which keeps the lens from accumulating dirt, smudges or other agents that may compromise optical quality.
The Swarovski CT Travel Carbon Tripod, and DH 101Tripod Head provide excellent rigidity and vibration dampening for your spotting scope. You’ll enjoy the quiet and quick release levers, lightweight and rugged construction, and a carrying strap too.
The winning bidder will enjoy a signed copy of Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution by Edward C. Beedy and Edward R. Pandolfino courtesy of our friends at Point Reyes Books. Keith illustrated this beautiful book, enhancing the rich text with images for each of the 275 species this guide covers, many of which can also be seen here at Point Reyes. Hansen has contributed hundreds of artistic and scientifically accurate illustrations in a variety of publications including various ornithological journals, magazines, and environmental newsletters including American Birds, Continental Birdlife, and Western Birds. You and your guest are also invited to visit Keith’s personal studio in Bolinas to see where the magic happens.
Point Reyes National Seashore Association will also provide you and your guest with a copy of Sibley’s Field Guide to Birds of Western North American by David Allen Sibley and two Point Reyes Bird Checklists by Rich Stallcup to start your next birding adventure out in West Marin.
This exclusive package is great for life-long birders, people who are new to the sport, or as a personal gift for someone special in your life, bid today!
Item Special Note
Funds from Dinner on the Pacific Plate Auction help fund important park preservation and environmental education projects at Point Reyes National Seashore. All donations made above fair market value will be tax-deductible.
This package includes:
A 4-hour birding adventure around Bolinas with internationally known birder and illustrator Keith Hansen, with a visit to his studio. Dates, times and location to be mutually agreed upon.
( 1 ) Swarovski STM-80 HD Straight Spotting Scope with a 20-60 eyepiece.
( 1 ) CT Travel Carbon Tripod, and a DH 101 Tripod Head.
( 1 ) Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution by Edward C. Beedy and Edward R. Pandolfino courtesy of Point Reyes Books in Point Reyes Station.
( 2 ) Sibley’s Field Guide to Birds of Western North American, by David Allen Sibley courtesy of Point Reyes National Seashore Association’s bookstore located in park visitor centers.
( 2 ) Point Reyes Bird Checklist by Rich Stallcup courtesy of Point Reyes National Seashore Association’s bookstore located in park visitor centers.
Special arrangements will be needed for pick-up, or the items may be shipped. Additional shipping charges not included.
Offer expires September 21, 2014.
Learn more about the donors:
www.swarovskioptik.com/hunting/ats-sts-c200202/ats-80-p5006334
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