Welcome to MagnificentFrigatebird.com! My name is Amy and I'm a birder living in central Florida. On this site you can browse through my t-shirts and novelty gifts for birders, find optics for birding, shop for bird books and birding supplies, including feeders, bird baths, and other back yard birding supplies.
This fun spoof t-shirt for birdwatchers imagines a new tarot card for "The Birder". A pair of binoculars feature prominently in this fun tarot card inspired design. The binoculars icon is captioned with THE BIRDER. This t-shirt makes a fun gift idea for birders of all levels,...
A retro sunset is superimposed with the unmistakable silhouette of a pair of binoculars. This vintage style graphic is accompanied by funny text for birdwatchers or birders: SORRY I CAN'T and I HAVE PLANS WITH MY BINOCULARS. This funny vintage style birder apparel design is a great stylish...
This week's highlighted t-shirt for birders is called Diagnosis: Bird-Brained. The design is made up of an X-Ray of a brain filled with little bird silhouettes. According to the dictionary, a birdbrain is a stupid person. But for birders, being bird-brained isn't necessarily a bad thing. This funny,...
In this week's T-Shirt Tuesday I'd like to highlight two spoof designs we added back in 2008, both on the same theme: migratory flyways. Both of these are inspired by pop culture and can be found in the Pop Culture Birding section of the shop. In North America...
This week's highlighted shirt is our classic design called Old Digiscopers Never Die, first introduced in 2008. We show the design here on a women's classic tee. This funny design for digiscopers reads Old digiscopers never die, they just lose their focus. Digiscopers take photos (of birds) using...
This week's highlighted shirt is a funny spoof of the Sir MixaLot song Baby Got Back with the familiar lyric turned into a funny birding phrase: I Like Big BIRDS and I Cannot Lie. This is a funny, hip-hop inspired design for anyone that loves birds. Birders and...
The species accounts themselves are as in-depth as you'd expect in a quality family-only guide. Photos of full and limited views are accompanied by detailed ID tips, including habitat, foraging technique, behaviors, and more. When plumage...
Disclosure: This is my own original, honest review of How to Be a Better Birder, a copy of which was provided to me free of charge by the publisher.
The theme of the book is survival, with threats ranging from plastic pollution in the ocean and scary stormy weather explained in simple but scientifically accurate language appropriate for young children. The environmental message...
To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession by Dan Koeppel. First published 2005. In To See Every Bird On Earth, Dan Koeppel tells of his father's lifelong obsession with birds. It's a well-written biography of an average man who excelled within...
