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Birding Buddies Program Optics for the Tropics has partnered with Alpen Optics, Wild Bird Centers of America, and the Internal Migratory Bird Day program to increase awareness in young students across the U.S. and Latin America. Sign Up Today!

Optics for the Tropics, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charity organization providing quality optical equipment in the Caribbean and Latin America where resources are very limited. We distribute equipment to ornithologists and educators working to further bird conservation.

More than half of North American birds spend part of their annual life cycle in the tropics. These birds do not recognize political boundaries. If we want them to return each spring, we must recognize the need for international partnerships supporting bird conservation.

Our vision is two fold; to increase the resources needed to improve monitoring, inventory, research, management, and education regarding birds and their habitats in the Caribbean and Latin America, and to strengthen partnerships that work towards a comprehensive bird conservation effort.

The focus of Optics for the Tropics, Inc. is, of course, optical equipment. Currently we are offering Audubon Equinox, 10x42, waterproof, nitrogen purged binoculars. Optics for the Tropics, Inc. has distributes approximately 100 pairs of binoculars each year.

The success of this program is due to the support of out partners:

• Eagle Optics
• Southeast Partners in Flight
• Alpen Optics
• Wild Bird Centers of America

You can help!

• Tax-deductible donations can be made on-line using PayPal and a major credit card. Checks can be mailed directly to Optics for the Tropics, Inc.
• You can purchase optical equipment and other products from our store section. Optics for the Tropics, Inc. receives a percentage of all sales made through this web site.
• Your organization can sponsor a specific conservation effort in the Caribbean or Latin America by providing the matching funds for equipment you would like to send to the project. Keep in mind that all funds raised are matched dollar-for-dollar by Eagle Optics.

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Ernesto Reyes and Arturo Kirkconnell in the field with new binoculars.