Damian wrote
>As to a light, you do need a powerful one, and more importantly one with a
>focussed beam, not a wide spreading one. A pair of binocs is also
>essential to home in on the eyes you see at a distance.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service limit the strength of hand held
spotlights to 30 watts and all spotlights for prolonged use must have a red
filter. This is to limit the damage that could occur to birds/mammals eyes
if a powerful spotlight is used. I suggest that anyone wishing to have a
go at spotlighting follow these same guide lines. Another tip once you have
located a bird don't hold the light directly on the bird move it to one side
and keep the distress to a minimum.
PS. I do have a 100 watt spotlight that I use when not in National Parks,
this is turned of once a bird/mammal is located, we then use the 30 watt
spotlight to view the bird/mammal.
Regards
Ian Clayton
Birds & Bush Tours
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Townsville
Queensland 4810
Australia
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