Ever since I had my first spotting scope (a very compact and entry level Celestron) I started trying this technique and have perfected a handheld way to do so, with remarkably good results, especially as I improved the quality of my spotting scopes. The advantage of not using an adapter is that I can do digiscoping without having to modify the scope settings while I'm guiding, and that I can just use any cellphone, hence having the possibility of doing it with my clients phones if they wish so (most of the times they do, and they get a more than decent souvenier of their sightings). I currently own spotting scopes from Leica (an old but still great Televid 77), Vortex (Razor 65 and 85) and Swarovski (ATS 65 HD), being this last one the one I currently use the most during my guiding tours, and most videos in this entry were made with it. I prefer recording videos rather than taking photographs because I normally get better quality results. Here are some of my favourite ones (pleas
Orca in north east Patagonia (Argentina) Mammal Watching in Argentina (& Southern South America) Mammals are naturally harder to see in the wild than birds, but for that reason many times there is little effort involved in trying to see them on purpose. In the end this works like a self-accomplished prophecy, because little effort leads to poor results. I have always liked watching mammals (together with birds and fish, they are my "favorite" groups of animals) but only recently started thinking of them as targets during a trip rather than incidental sightings while birding. And in 2022 I checked my notebooks and found out that my total lifelist of mammals seen in Argentina (alive and in wild conditions, not counting domestic species such as Llama and Water Buffalo) was 101 species, which was not bad considering the total number recorded in this country (about 400). Living in Patagonia and working for a marine biology institute on board fishing vessels I was able to witne