This post is a test. I‘m trying to see if I can do a post, including images, using my little tablet. If I can, I don’t need to take a laptop to Costa Rica. So far I am less than impressed. I am using a Google Nexus 7 with an Android operating system. This is painful at best. I would not recommend this unit to a friend.
We did a little chasing this past weekend. Tried for a harlequin duck and a long-eared owl, both in different locations. Might have gotten the harlequin down in Jackson had we remembered to take the scope. Someone saw it 10 minutes before we got there but the reported location was out of reliable binocular range.
The long-eared owl was a cold lead from a week or so ago, up in the Maple River area. We thought we would give it a try anyway but, no luck. The trips weren‘t wasted. We got new species for the year on both trips. First of the year species or FOY in birder speak. The avian species count for the year is at 27 for me and 28 for Lise. If the weather hadn‘t turned cold we could have gotten some duck species before we head to Costa Rica. Our local lakes have now pretty much iced over and quite frankly we haven‘t been very inclined to stand around in 20 degree weather either.
I‘ve been so busy plotting which wildlife refuge I want to take over that I haven‘t had an opportunity to try out my biggish lens. Also known as a critter lens in some circles. A cardinal rule of photography is never go on a trip with new untested equipment. Which means I only have a couple of days in 20 degree weather to check it out. So when you don’t have any real wildlife opportunities, might as well pick on the lizard. These are action shots in the lizard world. At least her eyes are open.
Fido from across the room.
Ed's and Lise's Biggish Years 