We went to Henry's to check out some cameras and lenses as Rose wanted to get rid of her Canon 70-300 IS. Even some of the store staff commented that they were less than satisfied with that lens. We were really hoping to try out the Tamron 28-300 VC Macro lens, but Henry's has discontinued carrying it. In the end we realized that Rose would have to buy two lenses, a macro and a zoom to satisfy her camera needs. She didn't want to go to that expense and didn't like the idea of changing lenses either. She then looked at some of the bridge super zoom cameras. In the end she chose the Fuji HS30 over the Canon SX40. Rose found the Fuji easier to operate and the image quality seemed to be better. The Canons function buttons didn't seem to work well. At times we had to push some of the buttons 2 or 3 times before they would perform their assigned function.
We'll post some pictures from the Fuji soon.
We had quite a bit of running around to do in the city but we managed to make it to the Fort Whyte Center on Mc Gillvary late in the afternoon where we saw about 100 geese on the large lake. There is a large area of water in the center of the lake with the rest of the lake being ice covered. We may have seen a Starling but it was pretty distant and can't be certain. Other than that we saw some seagulls, sparrows and crows. The wind had really come up and we were not dressed for the chill it brought so we didn't stay very long and weren't to keen on standing around trying to identify birds.
Very windy again today so it is unlikely we will walk the trail as a strong wind will cause branches to fall onto the trail, some of them large enough to hurt. Had one large branch fall about 20 feet in front of me last year on a windy day.
I also took the plunge and ordered the Kenko Pro 1.4x teleconverter last night, should have it within the week. Am really anxious to try it out. The Kenko will increase my Tamron 70-300 VC to 420 mm at the long end. I'll post some pictures after it arrives.
A few more old pictures today
White Breasted Nuthatch
Dark eyed Junco
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Ruby Throated Hummingbird - An evening shot, framing is a fluke, the green band at the bottom is grass, gray band is street, dark band is grass.
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