Same Spots, New Gear
After returning from a whirlwind trip to Palawan , Cambodia , and Singapore , I had a few weeks back home in Sorsogon to catch up on work and sleep- but also of course to try out my new lens. I confess that I can get a little bit lazy with birding when I'm back at home, partly because it's usually my only down time between travel for work and birds and partly because I've definitely hit diminishing marginal returns with Sorsogon birding. As I've discussed before on this blog, my home province has much lower bird density and diversity than it does considering how much good bird habitat is left, for reasons that still aren't entirely clear to me, and this is another thing that can keep me from going out. Still, there's no better motivation to get back to my local patch than a new lens that I was itching to put through its paces. And what better way to try it out with some of the most difficult birding in the world? I've been using my new 150-400mm lens for