Burt mentioned some good security reasons for wearing your bins while
travelling. Another very good reason is to identify yourself as part of our
tribe, the binocular tribe. I can not count how times complete strangers
have approached me because I am wearing binoculars and we start these
conversations about birds and wildlife. I was once lost in a swamp in a
boat with a busted motor in Louisiana and a young couple hailed me from the
shore with our tribes greeting..."Hey, seen any good birds?" We are a big
tribe and generally a very friendly one, binoculars are one of our tribal
emblems.

Rob Sandelin