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  1. tingjunkie

    8x32 Below $400- Nikon, Zeiss, or Kowa?

    Hello All, I’m looking to upgrade from the 8x32 Diamondback HD. I like their light weight and wide field, but the focus wheel is really stiff in weather colder than 60F, and the “rolling ball” edge distortion bugs me enough to distract me from the nature I’m trying to enjoy. From specs and...
  2. tingjunkie

    Hawke Endurance 8x32- Adhesive inside eye cups?

    I haven’t purchased enough new binoculars to be an expert, but I’m guessing this isn’t supposed to happen… New Endurance ED 8x32 from B&H. In either the up or down position, the rubber eye cups turn freely, and there is this rubber cement type adhesive detaching and peeling off. Cause for...
  3. tingjunkie

    Rugged, sub-$100 bins for children.

    Hello All! I work for a not-for-profit outdoor education organization in Hawaii. Miraculously, we actually scored a grant that will allow us to upgrade our binoculars that we use for nature programs with kids in elementary school. Since I am the only fairly serious birder at the organization, I...
  4. tingjunkie

    Sparrow help needed please. Bronx, NY, USA

    I saw a type of sparrow (at least I'm pretty darn sure it was a sparrow) today, and I can't ID it for the life of me. I am new to birding, so perhaps this will be an easy one for one of you out there. To the best of my knowledge, it looked like this juvenile White-Crowned Sparrow, but there...
  5. tingjunkie

    Why no lens hoods for binoculars?

    Another beginner question about optics... Since my experience with optics is limited to photography and camera lenses, please excuse my binocular ignorance. I am wondering why bins do not have built in (or optional) lens hoods to block stray sunlight from the front elements. Anyone who's into...
  6. tingjunkie

    Best non-bird sightings while birding?

    Since bird watchers are always out in nature at odd times of the day, I'm sure we must see a lot of really cool stuff accidentally, right? Other animals? People doing things they shouldn't? Rare natural phenomena? Today while birding in a park in northern Manhattan, I was about to call it quits...
  7. tingjunkie

    Binocular focus at infinity?

    Here is a newb question for the pros... I am very new to birding and just bought my first pair of "real" bins (Bushnell 10x42 Excursions.) While breaking them in today I noticed something very strange... well it seemed strange to me as a rookie anyway. When I focused on the nice crescent moon...
  8. tingjunkie

    Colorblindness & Birding?

    Hello Folks, Just joined the forum and wanted to say hi. I am quite new to birding, but am getting more into it due to my job- I am an Urban Park Ranger in NYC. Because all of my co-workers in the Bronx are avid birders, I will have to spend a fair amount of my time doing it. Not that I'm...
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