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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BruceH" data-source="post: 3251283" data-attributes="member: 106398">Nice post Lulubelle!What you said about the 99% is so true in my experiences.  That strikes me as strange since a a good part of bird watching is seeing the bird!  When asked why did you get that particular model, the answer is usually it is the same as a friend has or a person in their birding club recommended it.  I did a guided bird walk at the local riparian last year and the lady leading the group had a Brookstone Store extremely inexpensive 6X mini binocular.  There was a bird on the far side of the pond and see was asked about the ID.  She first studied it with the binocular and was not sure.  Then she pulled the binocular down to get a better look with her normal vision so she could make the ID!  That is a true story.</blockquote>