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This week I am going to spend a little bit of time looking at other “Digi-scoping” products. I currently own the Phone Skope case. But last week I got a new phone and the case I have is specific for my old I-Phone 7. Now that I have a new phone I am very excited to try Digi-Scoping with a phone that has amazing cameras.

The first phone-to-spotting scope adapter I looked at is by Ollin , Ollin is a brand new company that has a totally different take on their adapter. Where most adapters snap together, or twist lock. Ollin’s adapter is magnetic. This makes for a very quick, always centered image and a smaller profile for the case as well. One of my favorite YouTube channels Hushin has been sponsored by this brand and that’s how I actually heard about this new company. They recently did a product review and I will post it below…

DIGISCOPING MADE EASY USING YOUR SMART PHONE | OLLIN’S NEW SETUP!! – YouTube

I looked at one other brand which offers a universal adapter. This is a nice option as well because if I had an adaptor like this, I wouldn’t be looking at new cases for my new phone. This adapter is by HookUpz, and is sold on the Carson Optics website. This is another great idea but it seems like there are too many moving parts that could potentially break.

I think for ease and quickness I am going to look more into the Ollin adapters and hopefully have one for next season!

Welcome back! Time for another post, This previous week was a very busy for me and I didn’t manage to get too much time out in the wilderness. That being said, I did get a quick opportunity on my way to school late last week down at Esquimalt lagoon. I had my scope with me and had seen some ducks have migrated back into the area and snuck in a little video of a young mallard drake (male). Who was just growing in its adult feathers, at first glance you would almost say its a female but after inspecting the beak and wing pattern you are able to identify it as a young drake.

Now that I gave you a very brief understanding, here is the shed I found last year. if you end up watching the video above closely you can see the bull has 5 points on each antler. exactly the same as the shed I found, meaning the animal that shed this antler would have been similar in age/maturity as the bull I have a video of above. Just a cool little coincidence…

Anyways, That’s going to conclude this post. I look forward to sharing with you next week. Thanks for reading, ~ Alex.