Birding equipment
Birding requires some investment for equipment. The major cost is for a good pair of binoculars. Binos come from around Rs.3000 to over a lakh or more. Reasonable binos can be bought by amateur birders for about Rs.3500 to Rs.5000. This is the most expensive item in a birders kit.
A field guide is a must, for quick reference in the field. A good guide can be bought in most major bookshops, for about Rs.500 or less.
This is all what is absolutely required for starting bird watching.
Other small things can help: backpack, water bottle (for long days in the field), a logbook (to note down your observations), good (trekking) shoes.
If you have lots of money, you can buy: spotting scopes (a valueable instrument for viewing distant birds), birders jacket (with pockets for most of your stuff).
Bird photography is different from bird watching, although several birders also take photos. Photo equipment requires a good SLR camera and several lenses.
My equipment is quite modest, but it is quite sufficient:
1) Bushnell Trophy 10x42 roof prism binos (approx Rs.7000)
2) "The Book of Indian Birds" by Salim Ali (field guide) (approx Rs 500)
Equipment is a long term investment...your binos, if used carefully, should last a decade or two.
Buying binos is difficult in India (at least in Madras.) Most of the camera shops have one or two binos for namesake and you may not get the model you want. I got mine through a friend in Singapore. I bought these Bushnells after extensive research on the Internet. Bushnells are 'value for money' binos...nowhere near the top class brands, like Zeiss, Swaroski and Steiner. But they are quite good for an amateur birder like me.
A disadvantage in buying through someone else is that you cant try out the binos. They may be too heavy for you, or you might not find them handy. Anyway, try to see the model in person. Keep reading reviews on the internet (the birding sites have specific sections for equipment.)
Wish: If I had lots of money, then I would buy a Steiner Peregrine 10x42 bino!!
Birding requires some investment for equipment. The major cost is for a good pair of binoculars. Binos come from around Rs.3000 to over a lakh or more. Reasonable binos can be bought by amateur birders for about Rs.3500 to Rs.5000. This is the most expensive item in a birders kit.
A field guide is a must, for quick reference in the field. A good guide can be bought in most major bookshops, for about Rs.500 or less.
This is all what is absolutely required for starting bird watching.
Other small things can help: backpack, water bottle (for long days in the field), a logbook (to note down your observations), good (trekking) shoes.
If you have lots of money, you can buy: spotting scopes (a valueable instrument for viewing distant birds), birders jacket (with pockets for most of your stuff).
Bird photography is different from bird watching, although several birders also take photos. Photo equipment requires a good SLR camera and several lenses.
My equipment is quite modest, but it is quite sufficient:
1) Bushnell Trophy 10x42 roof prism binos (approx Rs.7000)
2) "The Book of Indian Birds" by Salim Ali (field guide) (approx Rs 500)
Equipment is a long term investment...your binos, if used carefully, should last a decade or two.
Buying binos is difficult in India (at least in Madras.) Most of the camera shops have one or two binos for namesake and you may not get the model you want. I got mine through a friend in Singapore. I bought these Bushnells after extensive research on the Internet. Bushnells are 'value for money' binos...nowhere near the top class brands, like Zeiss, Swaroski and Steiner. But they are quite good for an amateur birder like me.
A disadvantage in buying through someone else is that you cant try out the binos. They may be too heavy for you, or you might not find them handy. Anyway, try to see the model in person. Keep reading reviews on the internet (the birding sites have specific sections for equipment.)
Wish: If I had lots of money, then I would buy a Steiner Peregrine 10x42 bino!!
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