Mini-Tutorial: Binoculars by the Numbers

 

The DBC Board is pleased to present Mini-Tutorials on the DBC YouTube Channel.

Mini-tutorial on getting better acquainted with your binoculars. Selecting binoculars is a series of trade-offs that depends on the type of birding you'd like to do, comfort, and budget. Denis Kania explains binocular specifications, including magnification and objective lens and their 1:5 ratio "sweet spot." In a comparison of images, he explains how these characteristics interact and how your field of view shrinks as you increase magnification. He moves on to an important tip for eyeglass wearers and tells you how to set your binoculars' diopter for optimal focus for each eye. Finally, Denis wraps things up with an important piece of advice on seamlessly bringing your binoculars into play after your eye has spotted a bird. For more on birds and birding in DuPage County, visit https://www.dupagebirding.org​.

As meetings and field trips have been altered for the short term due to Covid-19 the Board offers a way to connect with you and enrich your birding experience. Several Mini-tutorials are live and focus on: Fall Warblers; the updated checklist of birds in DuPage; the return of Osprey in DuPage; the Tanagers; Hairy vs. Downy Woodpeckers; Pine Warbler vs. Yellow-throated Vireo; Sandpipers; yellow, female warblers; separating Louisiana and Northern Waterthrushes, a look at early-arriving small flycatchers and then a drill down on bird topography to help you analyze what you see when you look at a bird. And more fascinating topics will follow. Visit the DuPage Birding Club YouTube channel  at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEilyuewO86Cds5CoA7-GcQ

Be sure to subscribe to the channel so you will be alerted when new content is posted, which will be frequent. Enjoy!

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