I joined the Friday Morning Bird Walk with the South Shore Audubon, the first time I've been out with them in quite a while, and the first bird of the day was a real rarity, a Western Tanager, whose normal range is west of the Rockies. I didn't get a superlative picture (too far away), but here it is, along with another bird I have never managed to photograph well until this morning, our resident Belted Kingfisher. The Kingfisher, Harbor Seal, and Cormorant were taken with a 1.4 converter, and the results are pretty good.
I am going to keep that on the camera and do more experimenting.
For a good percentage of the bird group (about 30), the Tanager was a life list bird. I had seen one in the woods around Lake Louise, Banff, and I had a picture, but I can't locate it. I'll just have to get to Banff again(would I love that!).
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| Western Tanager |
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| Belted Kingfisher |
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| Harbor seal at Manomet, probably 500 yards away. |
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| Common Loon, in Cape Cod Canal |
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| Great Cormorant, again at a great distance. |
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