Spotting Scopes Terminology – Best Spotting Scopes For Birding

Spotting Scopes Terminology
Spotting scopes are used when more magnification is needed or wanted than binoculars provide. Spotting scopes are used widely for birding, viewing wildlife and landscapes and other objects at a great distance. Much of the terminology and technical specifications specific to spotting scopes are similar to binoculars. For example, a 20-60×82 spotting scope [...]

Advanced Birding and the Spotting Scope

Advanced Birding and the Spotting Scope

 

Most of us begin birding with a field guide and a pair of binoculars.  Yet, we eventually realize that certain situations demand our acquisition of a spotting scope.  It may be that we find ourselves at the wetlands and can not quite tell if we are looking at a White [...]

Alpen Birding Scope Receives High Praise

I just love reading Consumer Reports or other similar publications that pit products in the same price class or same product category versus one another. It’s completely intriguing to me.  An exhaustive amount of research is done by scientists, engineers, product experts, and industry enthusiasts.  Every product is put through the same scientifically comprehensive performance [...]