Cedar Wax Wing from CM 07. As I pack up my camera gear for CM 08 I am both excited and perplexed. Each year brings such wonderful distractions and odd occurrences that you really never know what camera gear you’ll need until your on site and can asses the surroundings. In most cases this would mean “bring it all”. However, with coffee camp and other gear/responsibilities there is simply a limit to how much camera gear I can bring. If I whittle my camera gear down too far I may miss out on shots like this. The 100-400L was unlikely to be useful at CM, but last year I brought it anyway, and it allowed me to capture these beautiful uncommon birds perched all the way across the river.