The Original Hummer Funny Bird Lover Postcard

Can you believe it's been over 15 years since the Ivory-billed Woodpecker went from being "probably extinct" to "rediscovered"? The species made headlines back in April 2005 when experts from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology reported the discovery of at least one male Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Big Woods of Arkansas. In the following years, expeditions were mounted and volunteers sought definitive proof... which was never produced. In late 2021 and early 2022, the bird was in the headlines again... for the same reason. Still, difinitive proof is elusive, but there are still some that hold out hope that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker still lives in the wild. This continuing saga makes this species a Bird I'd Like to Find.

This fun spoof design for birders is based on the the British war propaganda poster that reads "Keep Calm and Carry On." Here, though, the text reads "Keep Calm and Carry Bins." Bins is short for binoculars -- something birders should always carry, for sure. The familiar crown from the original poster design is here replaced with a silhouette pair of binoculars.

This week's highlighted shirt is a classic design we call The Forecast for Birding. We show the design here on a one of our apparel offerings, a unisex hoodie, available via our partner CafePress. This original design for birders shows three less-than-ideal weather forecast...

Along with the boom in birdwatching in 2020, the sometimes accompanying hobby of digiscoping also saw new enthusiasts join in during our pandemic year. Digiscoping is the use of a spotting scope along with a digital photographic device (camera or smartphone) to take pictures.  This funny text was made...