Got a summer cold over the weekend, so had to settle for using the Nikon on yard birds. No unusual sightings, but I have to admit that viewing a House Sparrow dusting himself at 75x from a distance of about 20 feet brings new meaning to "up close and personal". With the Nikon, I could count not just individual feathers, but individual feather parts on each feather. The males beak reminded me of pictures I have seen of the prehistoric giant bird,
Gastornis. I could actually see bits of seeds still stuck in the bill. Wow.
