Basic Birding Part 1: Optics, Size and Silhouette

Of all the things we can do to become better birders, nothing will make a bigger improvement faster than having good binoculars and knowing how to use them. And silhouettes tell you a bird's size, proportions and posture and quickly rule out many groups of birds-even ones of nearly identical overall size. Silhouettes are so useful because they help with the first step in any identification: deciding what general type of bird you're seeing. This narrows your choices to one section of the field guide.

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