On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:31 PM, <> wrote:
> 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.
Thanks for the suggestion - can you say what unit you bought and any
pluses and minuses you've encountered in using it?
Thanks very much.
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