first-winter Caspian Gull a little better

but not much -- it did not help that when it was closest I managed to let the camera and lens slip out of the car window on the bean bag while I was shunting forward for a better angle -- amazingly I managed to catch the lens strap is the combo headed for the road outside and seem to have got away with it -- moral don't trust advertising that says lenses will stick to certain bean bags while you are driving and B leave a strap on big lenses its something to grab for when you drop them!