Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful, especially the second one. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 12 Apr 2015, at 22:17, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > wrote: > > For a week last fall an immature male Rufous Hummingbird visited the > feeder in my yard on its southbound migration, claiming the feeder as its > own and driving the dozen or so other hummingbirds away whenever they > dared approach the sweet syrup. This was the first Rufous Hummingbird I'd > seen here and I hoped it wasn't the last. > > Recently California's central valley was flooded with a wave of northbound > Rufous Hummingbirds and until last night when an adult male Rufous > Hummingbird B&B'd here it appeared the wave had bypassed my yard. By > midmorning it was gone. I chose to pretend this was the same bird that > visited last fall. I have no way of confirming it's the same bird. > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/selasphorus/ruhumm09.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/selasphorus/ruhumm11.html > > Technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, big old Gitzo. All > comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >