When birding, you need a good quality scope that will let you see birds far away, cleary. SV28 PLUS bird scope has all the features that you needed. It mounts to a tripod, has covers to product the lens and eye piece, comes with a padded carrying case and has an easy to use focusing knob. On a particular birding day, you was able to spot cormorants, egrets, solitary sandpipers, least sandpipers, pectoral sandpipers, mallards and more.High index Bak4 prisms: Multiple layers of anti-reflection coatings for superior brightness;resolution and edge clarity. Large objective lens gather more light for more clear and sharp images.Extendable sunshade. Reduces glare;shields the objective lens from scratch;damage and raindrops. Spotting scopes with tripod and universal phone adapter digitally store the images and video clips easily.