the second is to be fitted for contacts for
>"monovision". This means fitting one eye for distant vision( usually your
>dominant eye)and the other for close. This does diminish your depth
>perception some what, but many people find it a good solution. With
>binoculars you simply adjust the one eyepiece to compensate for the
>difference between your two eyes, so you have perfect binocular vision when
>looking at the birds.
>
>Bill Mulligan
>
>Tweets,

I have been fitted with one contact and it works reasonbly well. It has
other benfits as well since I can now read my notes while giving
presentations and still see the slides and the audience. Playing catch with
my son took a little adjustment,along with getting hit in the forehead with
the ball a couple of times.

For birding the problem is that monovision makes the intital sighting of
birds a little harder. Most of the time birding with one or two others
helps. The contact lens is a godsend in the rain and for other outdoor
activity if you're willing to live with vision slightly less sharp than it
is with glasses. I use a pair of glasses with one clear lens and one
corrected lens for driving.

Mike
Mike Waller
Manager of Operations
Woodland Park Zoo
5500 Phinney Avenue N.
Seattle, WA 98103
ph: (206)684-4057
fax:(206)684-4817
e-mail: mwaller at wolfenet.com