I got out my digital SLR, my old 600mm lens, tripod and some bags of shot for weight to steady the tripod.
This used to be my nature photography rig. I never carried shot when I was hiking, but found some rocks usually to steady things.
I am a little out of practice though and I seem to have lost a degree of patience, but I've gotten several really nice close ups of my birds. They are SO healthy right now!
Doves, starlings, cardinals, hummingbirds, barn swallows, chipmunks, squirrels and even some beautiful crows that frequent my free food deli. I never had crows until I put out some squirrel corn, though.
I have not played camera games like this in quite a while.