We are not the only ones heading south. We have been following the migrating sandhill cranes since Alaska. Aldo Leopold remarked on what a strange lot we birders are. When birders also have a passion for photography we appear to be queer ducks indeed. At Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge we stood shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of other “pilgrims” in the pre-dawn cold wielding binoculars and the latest in digital cameras. “Lens envy” is endemic among the group. What must the birds think of us?
