Brand new to birding

[Bassethound]

Hello, all.

I'm brand new to birding. I've been a backyard astronomer for a few years, and thus am well accustomed to finding beauty through binos or a scope.

I'll need to start by getting the right binos; my astronomy binos are much too big (objectives 70 mm and 100mm in diameter, for max light gathering). Also would like to get some starter binos for my 4 yr old daughter, who loves birds,

[robinm]

Hi Bassethound,

A warm welcome to BirdForum from all the Moderators and Admin.

If you want to buy bins etc there is plenty of good advice in the Forums e.g. http://www.birdforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=112

Enjoy your new hobby :t:

[florall]

Welcome to Birdforum. Glad to see you're encouraging your daughter's love of birds. I hope you find much good advice here.

[Katy Penland]

Hi, Bassethound! Welcome to BirdForum!

When I bought starter bins for my two great-nephews, I just got the cheapest pairs at WalMart, which were about $39/pair if I remember. They weren't great by *our* standards, of course, but it sure was exciting to the boys. Of course, I think they used it to scope out spiders and stuff much more than birds. LOL!

Look forward to hearing about all your new birding adventures!

[salty]

hello, welcome to bird forum!

[John N]

Hello Bassethound. Welcome to Birdforum.

[christineredgate]

hi,Bassethound welcome to BF.