Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:37:45 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elliot Kirschbaum Subject: Re: Travel with a Tripod Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" On 2/8/00 10:17 AM Franz Hespenheide said >Hi -- If you planning to take one of the >boat trips to see the Whooping Cranes, be >aware that they may not let you take the >tripod on board. And even if they do, >you might find it hard to impossible to >keep your target bird in the scope as the >boat moves ... I took my tripod aboard one of the boat trips to see the Whooping Cranes. When the family group was spotted, the captain brought the boat to a place where it could rest against the shore without drift or movment, and we got fine looks at the birds. Your mileage may vary, but better prepared than sorry. Don't leave home without it! Elliot Kirschbaum Baltimore, MD USA mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================