Cool! That's great!
On Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 8:39 PM WILLIAM WENTHE <wwenthe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The main point: there were two Greater White Fronted Geese at Leftwich
Park this afternoon.
The backstory: I bought a monopod for my spotting scope at Armadillo
Camera today. Eager to try it out on live birds, and short on time, I
drove to the nearest playa, Leftwich Park (in hindsight I suppose Maxey was
closer). There were about a thousand Canada/Cackling geese milling
around. So as a joke, I said to myself "I'm going to spot the two
White-Fronted Geese in here."
After a few minutes of scanning them, sure enough: there they were, two of
them. Maybe I should have said "I'm going to find the two Brant in here."
I like this monopod: so much more portable and convenient than the
tripod. It's not as stable as a tripod, but I found that I could get the
hang of it; and ultimately, with one arm to stabilize and one hand to
focus, it was no worse than the tripod on a mildly windy day.
Bill