How far can you identify birds in spotting scope comfortably? (1 Viewer)

Blue72 · Mar 20, 2019

bioscope said:
SInce your main interest is sea-watching (e.g. gulls etc.) think about buying a binokular if possible. The best choice for birders should be the BTX (because the water-resistance), but a APM 70 or 82 (please ED because the white feathers) could be the solution. You need a good pair of 1,25"-eyepieces, with sufficient eye-relief if you use glasses, and a stable tripod. The two-eye-watching-method is far superior to the monoculars (normal spotting scopes), if long watching-sessions are prefererred.

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Manfred

I completely agree. I much prefer binoculars

But carrying one low power binocular for wide FOV and one high power binoculars for spotting is a very bulky package to carry around

Technically I can stick a small 20x spotting scope in one jacket pocket and binoculars in another pocket

High powered binoculars tends to need a backpack. When I’m at the beach, optics are only used 10-20% of the time I am there.

But once again if I do bring a back pack. I prefer binoculars

Binastro · Mar 20, 2019

Yes, it is important to know what detail one is looking for.

I can identify an Airbus A380 at up to 20 miles at most angles and by how it flies.
A Boeing 747 up to 15 miles.
This is without optical aid, just distance glasses.
But seeing if the B747 has an extended upper deck or winglets, probably 5 miles.

So I'll look out for the black and white tail on a herring gull.

B.

DunninLA · Mar 22, 2019

DRodrigues said:
I do cr-birding and my most used scope last year is a Swaro X95 with the 1.7x extender that results on 51-122x...:t:

Sr. Da veed, if you were in a stationary position, would you use a telescope instead of your Swaro?

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