Oh good, you got the Western grebe ... where was it located ... in the marina bay? I would imagine that with repeat visits you may eventually be able to get much closer. I wish that I could give it a try because the last and only time that I saw a WG at CSSP all I had to shoot with was the kit lens (18mm - 135mm) and now I could deploy 420mm, which would absolutely make a difference. A juvenile Yellow-crowned night heron has been a visitor to this site for many years but the few times when I visited (years ago) it was hiding. Same scenario with the often seen Least bittern ... never on my watch. Just thinking about it reminds me of all the birding places I could previously 'park' in years gone by, places which are now only pay-parking, and often even pay-by-QR code-only parking. That means using a cell phone and is therefore well beyond what I would be willing to accept. This sort of thing is quite prevalent here in Pickering, even encroaching onto entire residential sections where you can't even park on the street without QR-code submission via smart phone app. One spot near Highland Creek used to provide parking that has now prohibited it. Examples go on-and-on.
