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Best Binoculars for Your Buck

INOCULARS ARE AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR BIRDERS, but with so many models on the market, it can be daunting to find the perfect pair. So we asked a small army of dedicated birders and professional ornithologists to test a wide array of optics at various price points. In July dozens of attendees at the 2019 Audubon Convention descended upon a Milwaukee park to test out nearly 50 pairs of

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