Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, Sounds like the words out about how great it is to live there. ;-) Len On Apr 1, 2007, at 5:35 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > Philippe, over here, sparrows are considered pollution! However, > please place an order and we'll mail you over a few hundred > thousand. At no extra charge we can also include starlings, foxes, > rabbits, feral cats and pigs and as many cane toads as you want. > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Philippe Orlent > Sent: Monday, 2 April 2007 00:37 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Identify this bird > > Due to pollution, almost no sparrows here any more. > Philippe > > > > Op 1-apr-07, om 00:22 heeft G Hopkinson het volgende geschreven: > >> Len, it looks like what we in Australia call a sparrow, which is an >> introduced, now pest, species from England. If you ever visit >> Aus you can see approximately 900 000 of them per suburban square >> kilometre! Apparently it is a member of the finch family. They are >> not, shall we say, revered locally. Try a search. This page has a >> rather flattering drawing from the 1800's. >> http://www.amonline.net.au/factSheets/house_sparrow.htm >> >> >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of >> Leonard Taupier >> Sent: Sunday, 1 April 2007 07:03 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Identify this bird >> >> I have been trying to identify this bird with no success. She is from >> the Finch family but doesn't look like a bird in my field guide. The >> closest I can find is a White-Collared Seedeater. But that bird is >> generally not found in the North East. Anybody have an idea. >> Unfortunately she wouldn't show all of her face for me, but this is >> the best shot I could get. >> >> Leica 560mm f6.8 Telyt and canon 20D. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/ys6ljp >> >> Thanks, >> Len >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information