Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Nice set of portraits. ?I like Sadie and Thor best.? Gene -------------- Original message from Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>: -------------- I've got a few more photos of non-releasable raptors at the California Raptor Center at the UC Davis school of Veterinary Medicine: > http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/calraptor/ > Keep in mind these should be considered portraits of individuals and not > necessarily representative of the species becaise of captive living > conditions. > > Sadie is an imprinted Northern Saw-whet Owl > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/nsow02.jpg > Athena is a Barn Owl who was rescued and brought back to health after a > collision with a barbed-wire fence broke her right wing > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tytonidae/baow01.jpg > > Spar (already posted) is an imprinted male American Kestrel, full of spunk > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke03.jpg > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke04.jpg > Annie is a female American Kestrel who is imprinted and missing her tail. > She > doesn't clean up well after a meal > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke05.jpg > > Grasshopper is a Swainson's Hawk who has cataracts. He's a very gentle > bird, > easy to handle and most of the time puffs up his feathers and chills out > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/swha01.jpg > > Thor is a Ferruginous Hawk who collided with a Union Pacific freight train > somewhere in Nevada and was discovered stuck to the front of the train > barely > alive when the train reached Roseville California > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/feha04.jpg > > technical notes: Leica R8 with DMR digital back, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, > shoulder stock & monopod. Check Sadie's eyes to see how much light there > was. > All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information