Some questions about the monocular:
- do things like birds stand out against foliage, or is it just like
looking for them in daylight? Do their eyes glow at all?
- could it be enhanced by the use of an infrared spotlight?
- what sort of cost?
- what magnification?
Peter Shute
wrote on Wednesday, 23 July 2008 1:32
PM:
> David
>
> I recently bought a relatively cheap night vision monocular
> that I have successfully used to watch Tawny Frogmouths,
> spiders, wombats, possums, etc, and on a fairly well moonlit
> night, I was able to make out horses and alpacas up to 400
> metres away (and well before they detected my presence).
>
> It is not really suitable for spotting things while you are
> on the move so I normally find a good location and wait to
> see what turns up (until I run out of patience). The
> advantages of remaining still and not shining bright lights
> is that creatures come quite close and behave normally.
>
> I don't know whether a night vision device would suit your
> requirements but it may be worth considering.
>
> Regards
>
> David
>
>
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