Tweeters,

In July I purchased a Bushnell Prowler night vision monocular to use in
my Black Swift project which ended Sept. 1. If anyone wants to invest
$125 in a gently used one, contact me. It is waterproof and has IR.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah
On Wednesday, September 7, 2005, at 08:25 AM, Lynn Schulz wrote:

> Ian and all:
> Great Horned Owl sounds like: "Whoo's Awake. Me too". They also
> make a squawk or screech. Wish I could describe it.
> On another owling note, I think I will be getting a night-vision
> monocular. Jamie Acker sent a msg to me on 7-21-05. I got online and
> googled the monocular and it now costs about $250 for a waterproof
> model. But when your night vision goes, it's hard to see little owls
> perching in thick trees. The best models seems to be similar to the
> one that Jamie wrote about. More details are on nightowl.com. I also
> found another website on Google called dealtime.com. Go for green or
> a dark color, not reflecting titanium. Here is Jamie's msg about the
> monocular.
> Yours, Carol Schulz
> DesMoines
>
>> From Jamie Acker, July 21, 05:
> Carol,
> I own a "Night Owl Explorer - NOCX3". It is a monocular. I think it is
> 2x24. Increasing magnification is not a good thing, as the purpose of
> the
> night vision is for DETECTION, not observation. My wife bought mine
> some
> years ago, and it better not have cost over $200.
>
> After I call an owl in, I use the night optics to located the bird,
> providing it is calling, or I have a general idea of where to look.
>
> Night Optics are not a tool to use for a general search.
>
> Hope this helps.
> -Jamie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynn Schulz [mailto:linusq at worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:55 AM
> To: owler at sounddsl.com
> Subject: Night Vision?
>
> Hi Jamie:
> I've given up on owling unless I can get some young birder to tag
> along.
> ;-) Mainly due to lack of night vision. I'm older than 60 and as you
> may know, you
> lose the ability to gather light w/ age. I can still tramp around in
> the
> woods ok after dark, but seeing a fast-flying small owl down in woods
> is
> really hard.
> You wrote the msg below about night vision, and I'm finally ready to
> invest
> in something. I pulled up some info from Eagle Optics and Cabela's.
> Eagle
> Optics only lists two items: both from Bushnell. Both are monoculars.
> There is a 4.0X50 and a 2.0X24. They are in the $200. range.
> Cabela's has
> a much larger offering: monoculars, binoculars, and scopes. And of
> course
> prices go way up to $5000! I also could go down to Sportco (the
> Costco of
> hunting and fishing goods) in Fife. But it's hard to test night vision
> stuff in the daylight in a big store. Do you mind if I ask what you
> own? Is it a monocular, binocular, scope?
> Maybe an approx. price?
> Yours, Carol Schulz
> DesMoines
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Acker" <owler at sounddsl.com>
> To: "VICJEN BURGETT" <vicjenb at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; "WHATCOMBIRDS"
> <whatcombirds at lists.wwu.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] INFORMATION SUMMARY
>
> FLAMMULATED OWL: Despite my recent purchase of a much
>>> stronger spotlight, I still have no confidence in my
>>> ability to locate the more difficult owls.
>>
>> Increasing the intensity of a spotlight does little to increase the
>> probability of locating an owl. Anything over 500,000 candlepower is
>> unnecessary,and possibly detrimental to the vision of the nocturnal
>> owls.
>> Remember that they have 8x the number of rods in their eyes that you
>> have.
>>
>> A much better investment is night vision. Owl eyes show up
>> dramatically
>> with night vision, and allow you to easily locate the bird, so that
>> you
>> can then shine a spotlight or flashight for better visibility. I use
>> this
>> technique when trying to find the smaller owls (saw-whet, flams, and
>> other
>> tree huggers), especially when leading a group that has an
>> expectation of
>> viewing a bird.
>>
>> Jamie Acker
>> owler at sounddsl.com
>> Bainbridge Island, WA
>
>
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