Some of you may remember my post from this past winter … The Well Dressed Birder at at -13F. In the same public interest spirit, here is an updated version for slightly warmer weather … The Well Dressed Bicycle Birder at 35F! This post builds upon Dry Eyes and Birding Post of earlier today.
Today’s weather is ugly, but at least during my ride the snow flurries had tapered off. The wind is still blowing in hard off Lake Superior. The waves and white caps were impressive. In terms of my goggles, my eyes were never cold and zero wind reached within to cause me vision issues. The windchill during today’s ride when I was cycling into the wind was around 15F. To get more background on how these goggles are helpful for both the cyclist and birder with dry eyes, read my other post from today. I have more non cycling and dry eye tips in that post.
The Well Dressed Bicycle Birder (with goggles)
The Well Dressed Bicycle Birder (with face shield … which I did NOT use today)
The Face Shield (good in warmer weather … lets in too much cold and wind on a day like today … attaches to bike helmet via the three magnets shown)
This is awesome. There is no bad weather for birding…, just bad clothing. I am not a biking birder (yet) but I have been looking for toasty mitts that transform to cut off finger gloves for manipulating camera and binoculars dials without having to take off the mitts. I did find some online, it they were crazy expensive.