Hi again, The binocular review is on! We are planning on conducting the first sessions this coming Monday and Tuesday, May 6-7, on the back patio at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. As of now, we are planning on holding the review sessions on both days during the Noon hour (12-1PM) and on Monday in the late afternoon from 4:30 – 6:30 PM. (we will add additional sessions depending on turnout)
During these sessions we will have several areas set up on the patio with groupings of binocular models — top-end, mid-priced, economy, etc. -- more than 100 models in all. We will be asking participants to rate these binoculars according to a set of characteristics, such as overall image quality, overall "feel," eyeglass-friendliness, etc. We ask that each participant compare at least five models within a general price group during each session. If you are coming to the Lab, you can access the back patio by coming in the visitor's entrance and going through the visitor center observatory to the patio door. If you will be arriving after 5 PM on Monday, please notify me in advance (off line) so we can let you in. For this review, we are hoping to get birders of all skill levels from novice and beginning birders to highly opinionated experts. We are also going to assess the most kid-friendly binocular models, so real kids are welcome as well! We hope to see many of you there! Ken Rosenberg and Jessie Barry Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (wk) 607-254-2412 (cell) 607-342-4594 [email protected] From: Ken Rosenberg <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: Ken Rosenberg <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:16:50 +0000 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, CLO-L <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [clo-l] Binocular Review! Hi all, Here is a heads up that we are soon going to conduct another giant binocular review for Living Bird magazine and web site — we have more than 100 binocular models ready to be reviewed! Jessie Barry and I will be leading the review and writing up the results. As with past optics reviews we've conducted, we are inviting all interested birders (of all skill levels!) to participate in the review and contribute your opinions and subjective scores for as many models as you choose. We also welcome any young birders to help us select the most kid-friendly binoculars. We will conduct the review at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology sometime during the first two weeks of May — probably on multiple days. Stay tuned for more details! KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (wk) 607-254-2412 (cell) 607-342-4594 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
