Quote Originally Posted by HDNitehawk View Post
Be safe everyone in the track of the storm.

John; if you are going to claim you saw rare birds blown in by the hurricane and then not show us pictures of it shot with your new 600mm, I am not sure we can continue to believe you. Although I did look the bird up to see what it looked like since I had never heard of it before, kind of an ugly little guy and probably not very photogenic any way.
LOL. I wouldn't know how to ID a storm petrel if it was pecking me in the...well, you get the idea. He was far off, my 600mm + 2x got him in focus, as a tiny speck. It was enough for the Audubon leader to tell it was a 'band rumped' and not a 'Leach's'. I'd never even heard of a petrel before yesterday.

I did get some shots of crossbills, ducks, plovers, and some of a bittern in flight - handheld at 1200mm .

Not processed yet, though. We've already lost power for a few hours (back on now), but I'll post them at some point...