After complaining for a year, I finally got a new camera -- better resolution, and above all, a better zoom. It's still a point-and-shoot model, but a vastly better one. I'm really hoping it'll help me better identify birds from a distance, which has always been a stumbling block. Of course, there's no mystery about the bird above -- though it was a little strange to see a flock of a hundred of these things come through on Thanksgiving morning.
