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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Raptor portraits
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 03:36:50 +0000

 
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
> 
> 
> 
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