The other day on the way to Brandon, Vermont, I saw some folks by the side of the road with scopes, obviously looking at something. As I had on an impulse thrown the 200-500 lens in the car, I got out for a look, and there, in a flooded field, was a trumpeter swan. This is, I'm told, only the second confirmed sighting of a trumpeter Swan ever in Vermont. So anyway, I shot it, and submit the following for the bird lovers more than for the photo lovers. The first shot is a pretty considerable crop from a 500 MM. D7100 shot. The second is just plain drastic.
We had an unexpected blizzard the next day and everything has frozen solid, so I fear that poor swan had to fly away pretty soon after.
But holy cow, I sure do like that big lens!
