pbjosh
missing the neotropics
Most of us have probably done this, and it's not easy with 8x or 10x.
Anyone actually do this much? I'm guessing from a bus on a smooth road 6x would be pretty doable, but from smaller vehicles or on non ideal road services a 4x or 5x would be better...
Obviously if you see something really interesting and you're not on public transport, you stop. But there are a lot of times when you don't bother to stop for all the ducks, waders, raptors, etc that go whizzing by in roadside puddles and on power poles. At times I ponder this, and you could probably do a decent check for anything interesting with modest magnification...
Anyone actually do this much? I'm guessing from a bus on a smooth road 6x would be pretty doable, but from smaller vehicles or on non ideal road services a 4x or 5x would be better...
Obviously if you see something really interesting and you're not on public transport, you stop. But there are a lot of times when you don't bother to stop for all the ducks, waders, raptors, etc that go whizzing by in roadside puddles and on power poles. At times I ponder this, and you could probably do a decent check for anything interesting with modest magnification...