Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, we Aussies volunteer to send back all 4 billion cane toads (bufo marinus) that some fool imported from Hawaii to eat cane beetles. They eat everything but cane beetles. We are euthanasing a couple a week here currently. Quite horrid critters and really bad for our native frogs and almost everything else. Glad to hear that Kaydence and Kelsey are doing well. I wonder if Grandma will be keen to leave this little darling behind, to return home with you? >From this set of pics, I especially like the Java Sparrow shot for the uncluttered environment (and meticulous focus of course). The Bulbul shot shows a very alert posture and handsome profile and make up. That's probably not fair on the Mannikin fellow, but he is out-blinged by the others. 2009/2/27 Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> > I'll be returning to California on Friday so this is the last post from > Hawaii. Little Kaydence is doing very well and Kelsey is complaining that > at two weeks old, Kaydence is growing up too quickly. Kelsey has recovered > enough from the birth that we were able to go hiking (with Kaydence) today. > Kelsey swears that Kaydence will grow up outdoors. > > A few more pictures: > > A Red-whiskered Bulbul: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pycnonotidae/rwbu01.html > > The Nutmeg Mannikin,a member of the Waxbill family (Estrildidae) is a tiny > seed-eater that is easily overlooked in grassy areas: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/estrildidae/numa01.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/estrildidae/numa02.html > > The Java Sparrow is another Waxbill, often kept as a cage bird: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/estrildidae/jasp00.html > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R + 1.4x APO-Extender-R, > shoulder stock & monopod. > > These are all introduced species. Many of Hawaii's native landbirds are > either extinct or close to extinction, due to a very large degree to > introduced species, for example: the introduced Indian Mongoose preys on > ground-nesting species, and avian malaria (not a native organism) has > eliminated most native bird species at the lower (warmer) elevations. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Kailua > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'She looks like an angel moving too fast for its glory'