ruddy turnstone or binoculars

["Philip Veerman" <>]

It always amazes me that film & TV shows always attempt to portray the image through binoculars as being two separate circles or, even more ridiculous, two slightly intersecting circles. In either case with a different image between them. The producers of such nonsense have clearly never used binoculars or believe the audience are that dumb. The image through binoculars is one combined circle, unless they are out of collimation.

 

And yes obviously I understand what Mark intends by the message.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----From: Mark Clayton [ Sent: Sunday, 13 October 2013 3:57 PM      To: 'Martin Butterfield'; 'Margaret Leggoe'
Cc: 'COG List'      Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] ruddy turnstone

Several years ago in California, at the Marina Del Rey, I was fortunate enough to have Ruddy Turnstones in one eye piece of my binoculars and Black Turnstones in the other!

 

Cheers,

Mark

 

From: Martin Butterfield [ Sent: Sunday, 13 October 2013 3:40 PM      To: Margaret Leggoe
Cc: COG List      Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] ruddy turnstone

 

I did comment to Steve that the last one I saw - probably not the same bird - was in July sitting on a groyne at Selsey Bill UK

 

On 13 October 2013 15:31, Margaret Leggoe <> wrote:

As an indication of where these international travellers get to, these images were shot in Greenland (not  by me, of course).

ML

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/ruddy-turnstone-arenaria-interpres/resting-high-arctic-tundra

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/ruddy-turnstone-arenaria-interpres/non-breeding-bird-resting-rock      

 

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Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/