Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No :-( Just watched through my Leica binoculars. I need to set up a tripod on the back porch! Tina On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > Please tell me, Tina, that you got a photo of the mockingbirds sitting on > the hawk's head! > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-486-2581 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 7/9/11 8:48 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > I'm so sorry. We have been watching a mockingbird nest in our fig bush. > > There are three new babies. The mockingbirds have been fighting a > gallant > > fight against the local hawk, even going so far as to sit on his head! > I'm > > afraid the hawk or a snake or a feral cat is going to get them soon. So > > many dangers out there for tiny birds. I guess it's still survival of > the > > fittest. > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> > wrote: > > > >> I was hoping to chronicle the growing up of the pigeon family on my > >> mother-in-law's balcony... > >> < > http://www.flickr.com/photos/**24844563 at N04/5879450337/in/**photostream > <http > >> ://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/5879450337/in/photostream> > >>> > >> > >> ...but it was not to be. The neighborhood crows found the nest. One of > the > >> two babies was killed and eaten a over a week ago. Yesterday the > survivor > >> suffered the same fate. > >> > >> I was laid up for the last week with a nasty case of bronchitis, so I > >> haven't visited since the three day-old pictures. Now there's nothing to > >> photograph. > >> > >> Real life ain't like Disney. > >> > >> --Peter > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See > >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > http://leica-users.org/mailman/ > >> listinfo/lug>for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com