Pete Dunne is one of birding’s best known ambassadors and has served as the Director of New Jersey Audubon Society’s Cape May Bird Observatory for over seventeen years.  An authority on birders and their optic needs he has served as a consultant to all the major optics companies and been instrumental in the development of such celebrated instruments as the Swarovski EL and Bausch and Lomb Elite.  In addition to authoring books, articles, and brochures on optics and their use, Pete is the founding editor of the “Tools of the Trade” column in Birding magazine and writes many of the product reviews found on this website.

Mike Crewe is Programs Director for the Cape May Bird Observatory. Having served 18 months as Store manager at the Northwood Center, Mike has developed a good eye for what todays' birdwatchers - both newcomers and old hands - want from their optics. Having spent well over 40 years in the field, he's worked his way through a fair range of optics, starting with a local drugstore pair bought with pocket money, which didn't last their first clunk against a bicycle frame! Mike believes there is a perfect pair of binoculars for everyone - but it isn't always the same model - so his top tip is, do make sure you try before you buy!

Brian Moscatello has been a professional naturalist for more than thirty-two years and has birded from Trinidad to Bonaventure Island, and from Attu to the Galapagos. Now the Sales Manager for Cape May Bird Observatory’s two centers in Goshen and Cape May Point, he looks forward to helping you avoid his past optical mistakes.  Brian spent his entire first summer’s wages on a Newtonian reflecting telescope. With two adjustable mirrors and a ring-mounted 6x finder scope, he soon learned the importance of collimation. Birding overtook his passion for astronomy and soon he had his first “birding” binoculars. As an eyeglass-wearer, following anything in flight with 10x50 Binolux binoculars with hard plastic eyecups presented a challenge. They were soon replaced by another 10x50 Porro prism—this time with fold-down rubber eyecups. Over the years he has used a succession of other optics large and small. He may be the only member of the FEO Team who birded with an army-surplus scope with a three-eyepiece rotating turret.