Newbie with a couple of questions (1 Viewer)

[BackYardEaters]

Hello!
My GF and I enjoy watching the wildlife in the backyard while having morning coffee or afternoon beverages on the patio. We have a few bird feeders out and have our usual visitors. I've had a set of Celestron astro binos for about 15 years and they are still clear and great but they wont attach to a tripod. We've passed them back and forth while sitting at the patio table for a while now. I got the bug to go to the next level and get some video and photos of our visitors. The cheap $20 monocular my GF just bought is ok, I think I broke the eye relief already.

Since I already have decent backyard binos, and a tripod, I just want a monocular with phone attachment to be a dedicated backyard setup to document our visitors.
Celestron has one for $100.
Hawke $150 but needs a phone attachment.
Bushnell $200 and needs an attachment as well.
Any opinions?

Also thinking about adding a bird bath. Any suggestions on locations for it? We have a densely shaded corner and a partly sunny corner where one could placed.

Regular visitors...
A bunch of house sparrows
A few entertaining squirrels
Mated cardinals, Harry & Sally. Another female, Bonnie, that has a bit more of a yellow belly has shown up. Will see if Clyde shows up.
Blue Jay and mockinbird are in and out pretty quick.
Chickadee has stopped by a few times.

 

[delia todd]

Hi BackYardEaters and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.

Since I already have decent backyard binos, and a tripod, I just want a monocular with phone attachment to be a dedicated backyard setup to document our visitors.
Celestron has one for $100.
Hawke $150 but needs a phone attachment.
Bushnell $200 and needs an attachment as well.
Any opinions?

For opinions on this, you'd be better to post in the Binocular forum. This is a direct link to that area: Binoculars & Spotting Scopes

Also thinking about adding a bird bath. Any suggestions on locations for it? We have a densely shaded corner and a partly sunny corner where one could placed.

We also have a dedicated area for this sort of question, where the people with the right sort of knowledge hang out: Garden Birds, Bird Feeding & Nestboxes

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

 

[Lisa W]

Hi, welcome to the forum. I think you will find us a friendly and helpful group.

 

[Chris G6 UXU]

Hello and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.

 

[Fritz73]

Hola! Welcome to Birdforum

 

[Kits]

Welcome to Birdforum. I hope you enjoy your visits.

I’d suggest placing the bird bath in the sunnier location.

 

[emc]

Hi and welcome. Love your squirrel pic, is that something you put up just for the squirrels? I found that the squirrels are more interesting to watch than the birds, they always seem to come up with a way to get to the feeder.

 

[BackYardEaters]

Hi and welcome. Love your squirrel pic, is that something you put up just for the squirrels? I found that the squirrels are more interesting to watch than the birds, they always seem to come up with a way to get to the feeder.

Thanks! We did put that one up just for the squirrels. We had a plastic one that was getting torn up and they would make a mess. The metal loveseat turned out to be perfect. They are always up to something.

 

[KC Foggin]

Hi BackYardEaters! Welcome aboard and enjoy yourselves