When the wide FOV matters most
A 352-foot field of view at 1,000 yards means you're seeing 12 more feet of scene width than the Maven B1.2 (341 ft) and 32 more feet than the Leupold BX-4 (320 ft). In most forest birding that doesn't change much — you're picking individual birds out of foliage either way. Where it becomes significant is open-country birding: scanning a mudflat for shorebirds, watching swallows over a river, or tracking raptors in migration on a ridge. The wider view helps you acquire birds in flight without losing them at the edge of the frame.
The 18mm eye relief is the longest in this roundup, which matters for people who wear glasses. At 18mm, you can see the full field of view with glasses on. Most competing binoculars in this range offer 15–17mm, which can cut off the edges of the field for glasses wearers.