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Digiscopy Birding

Digiscopy birding, often simply known under the general term of digiscoping, is a technique combining the magnification of optical telescopes with the imaging of digital cameras to photograph birds. The telescopes used are called spotting scopes, or field scopes.

In digiscopy birding, users can search for and observe birds manually using a scope and then, once found, a digital camera is attached to the scope's eyepiece and a photograph is taken. It was originally intended for bird identification and cataloguing, but has become more popular with advancements in digital cameras. The technique is now accepted by many experienced professional and amateur nature photographers. continued page 2

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