Professional birding guides use lightweight spotting scopes to share great views of a bird with their companions. Buying your own spotterscope is a big step up, and a birdwatching scope, or birding monocular, should be chosen carefully for aspects such as weight, features, and superior optic quality. Some well-regarded offerings are the Swarovski Optik series, Pentax, Zeiss spotting scopes, the Bushnell Elite scopes, Leica, and the Vortex Skyline series Angled Spotting Scope. The latter can be ordered with a straight eyepiece as well. Read the specs to see the Field of View on any birding telescope you are considering. Just as with choosing any other birding optics, eyeglass wearers need to check the model's Eye Relief measurement to make sure that they will be able to see well when placing their glasses up against the spottingscope's eyepiece.
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Finding a lightweight but rugged spotting scope will involve doing some research and perhaps borrowing a friend's birding scope for a day to see which features are important to you.
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