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[–] ater@piefed.world 3 points 2 days ago

The parabolic microphone idea sounds interesting! I use the Merlin bird ID app to identify what I can hear, but it's not directional, obviously. I do have a pretty decent digital camera with 40x optical zoom, but you really need to know where to point it, because the slightest change in angle is a big change at a distance.

[–] ater@piefed.world 3 points 2 days ago

I can't use any magnifying lenses because I have blind spots that interfere with it. I can use a digital camera, I actually have a pretty good one with 40x optical zoom. But since you need to really know where you're pointing at for long distances, I mostly just use it for bee spotting!

[–] ater@piefed.world 23 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Bird watching. I'm going blind in such a way that makes binoculars impossible to use, and am completely deaf in one ear, so I can't even tell which direction the calls are coming from 😅