Jeannette Fackler of Garrettsville, Ohio, pictured at right, is the winner of our third Readers' Favorites Survey. Congratulations, Jeannette!
She was one of more than 2,000 people who answered our survey about birdwatchers' favorite places to see hummingbirds. The survey was conducted in December and January. We'll publish the results here on BirdersWorld.com and in our upcoming June 2010 issue.
Jeannette wins a new pair of Monarch 8x36 binoculars from our generous partner, Nikon Sport Optics. And she tells me that she's looking forward to using them.
"I have been a casual birdwatcher for as long as I can remember," she says. "I do most of my birdwatching in my backyard. We are surrounded by woods, and we have a bird feeder that is frequently visited by all kinds of birds.
"My favorite birdwatching experience was when I was doing data entry from home and I had a good view of the hanging baskets on my front porch that are always being visited by hummingbirds. They are so beautiful to watch that they always put a smile on my face. I am disabled, and there are a lot of things I can no longer do, but the binoculars will allow me to even further enjoy the birdwatching I already do!"
You can win a Nikon binocular, too!
Here's how: Visit our Readers' Favorites Survey page to tell us your favorite places to find shorebirds. We offer more than 250 sites in all 50 states and 11 Canadian provinces to choose from, or you can write in your favorites. If you take the survey between February 19 and March 26, 2010, we'll enter your name in a drawing for another Nikon Monarch 8x36 binocular. (One entry per person, please.) We'll tally the results and publish the list of your favorite shorebirds spots in our August 2010 issue -- just in time for prime shorebird-watching season. --Matt Mendenhall, Associate Editor
Read about the winners of our first and second Readers' Favorites Surveys.
See results of our Readers' Favorites Surveys:
Readers' favorite places to watch eagles
Readers' favorite places to watch warblers
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