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Rise of the hipster Birdwatcher. (1 Viewer)

Can anyone identify the binocular ? I can't, very thin body, not
something I have seen.

It does not seem to have a focus wheel---must be of the perma-focus type, possibly some expensive Barskas or Hammers. What's interesting is that he uses his right hand to hold the strap in front of the objective, probably to be able to see something....
 
This is it. Many ''watch birds'' a bit, few are ''bird-watchers.''

Implying birding popularity by going to where birders congregate is invalid. If birding numbers were anywhere near what some surveys suggest, we should encounter them frequently, everywhere. Birding festivals are always going to be full of birders, but it's the visits to regular parks and vacation spots where the lack of birders is telling.

I've brought this up before - if birding really did enjoy this level of popularity, there would be shelves full of birding-related magazines and bird-related TV programming. At best, we get generic fluff like ''Birds and Blooms'' and the odd doc. on Discovery or the BBC. Sure there are specialist mags. through subscription only [Birding, NA Birds etc.] but I mean commercially available. When I look at a shelf full of mags, and see twenty publications for Horse fanciers and two for Birders, either the market is misreading things or the numbers are inaccurate.

I counted mags in my local supermarket the other day; 17 for Hunting/Fishing and 2 for Birding/watching
 
Love This! I'm one - so here is some proof :)

I was happy to come across this. I've recently got into birding and the tools and habits of birding haven't yet been fully adapted to the highly connected, over-stimulated millennial. I've recently launched a birding app, and our target is specifically this newer generation of birders. It's tricky because there aren't a lot of places to find them to get input and feedback.

So if you're one of these birding millennials, please check out our app, and let us know what you think.

The app - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eyelovebirds/id956417417
The website - http://www.eyelovebirds.com/
 
The term hipster is dumb in my opinion. I'm in my mid-40's and often see things that look like fun, and then sure enough, someone needs to slap the label hipster on it. The term nerd used to be thrown around, until they started owning half the world, so now the cool (or sometimes just older) folks needed a newer term to feel superior with.

Hopefully some of these cheaper, really good optics are bringing more people into the birding hobby. The more the better!
 
It does not seem to have a focus wheel---must be of the perma-focus type, possibly some expensive Barskas or Hammers. What's interesting is that he uses his right hand to hold the strap in front of the objective, probably to be able to see something....

It seemed like a double hinged small glass, something like an older Leica 8x20.
 
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