You may have heard about the book or movie called The Big Year. It's about three people who travel around the world to try and see as many birds as possible over the course of a year. Well, when they were filming the movie, they bought a bunch of stuff from us, and...

People come by just to read our sign by the door which reflects what is going on at the time in the news locally and beyond. Most are funny jokes or just important things we want to remember.

The Grand Prize Winner of all time is still the Potato Day 2000 Potato weighing in at a whopping 2.88 lb! No potato since then has even come close. For info on Potato Day and how you can participate, click HERE.  

The end-of-the-season staff picnic went on into the wee hours and late-night partiers were charged with disorderly conduct. It was all caught on camera by David Guthrie of Pennsylvania. Erin Hillie, who partied way too much as usual, tried to hide her face from the...

Bird Watcher's General Store staff - Sheila, Phil and Betty-Lou - congratulate Tony on selling his first bag of bird seed! Nice Job Tony!!!

In 1998 our current catalog made an appearance on "Headlines With Jay Leno" on the Tonight Show. We don't even know how he happened to have it. One of our employees just happened to be watching at the time when Jay held up the next item and the "Cardinal Serving Tray"...

We have been dealing with Rusty Copeland for so long, we can't even remember when he first came in. Rusty has represented a variety of companies and products over the years, many of which we simply make fun of. No matter how hard the ribbing, Rusty is always jovial,...

It's always a festive occasion when Tony Merlino comes calling. Tony has been our sales rep for Bushnell Sporting Optics for many years. He's always in a good mood and never gets grumpy, even if Mike doesn't buy much that day. He knows his stuff and knows what Mike...

It’s a miracle!!!! You’ve heard of people seeing the image of Jesus in a pancake, potato chip, or the bottom of a sneaker. But we’ve got that beat…almost. This may not be as cool as those, but it’s darn close. Our doormat on our back deck has worn out in the exact...

Celebrating 30 years on May 28, 2012! The BWGS opened in 1983, can you believe it?  

We have our own share of celebrity look-alikes who come into the store, so we decided to start documenting them. We weren't sure if people would want to participate, but as it turns out, most people are big hams and love the idea of having their mugs posted on the...

Kenn Kaufman, the author of "Kaufman Focus Guides - Birds of North America," "Lives of North American Birds" and a bunch more, was at our store on September 10, for a gala book signing. His field guide, "Birds of North America," is revolutionary with its new method of...