A few years ago I thought it might be fun to go birdwatching on the Gulf Coast. It certainly was great fun, but it also was meltingly hot and humid already in February, which you could say effectively dampened my enthusiasm for being active outdoors. Turns out, I preferred just watching the birds rather than trying to photograph them through a spotting scope and sweating all over my gear. In the end, the spotting scope was much more fun to use after I got home as an insanely long telephoto lens.
Tasting notes: Panasonic LX3 and Kowa spotting scope.
