Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great images Doug! Gene On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 7:13 PM, lluisripollphotography < lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > Great job! Wonderful work as always! > Lluis > > > El 18 juny 2016, a les 18:03, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > va escriure: > > > > In the spring many of California's birds migrate to the nearby Sierra > Nevada mountains so naturally that's where I go too. The rural and > wilderness regions north of Lake Tahoe have good habitat diversity and low > human density which makes it one of my favorite parts of the state. > > > > The Sierra Valley is east of the Sierra Nevada crest on the western edge > of the sagebrush typical of North America's Great Basin, the region between > the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains. Springs fed by Sierra Nevada > snowmelt have created a marsh in the middle of the sagebrush where numerous > species nest. > > > > Wilson's Snipe, singing: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/gallinago/wisnip05.html > > > > Wilson's Phalarope: > > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/phalaropus/wiphal03.html > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/phalaropus/wiphal04.html > > > > Unlike most species with sexual dimorphism, female phalaropes have the > brighter colors. > > > > Sage Thrasher, the sagebrush equivalent of the Northern Mockingbird: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/mimidae/oreoscoptes/sathra01.html > > > > The nearby forests harbor the elusive Black-backed Woodpecker. This > nest was about 4 miles off the paved roads. > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/picoides/bbwood04.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/picoides/bbwood05.html > > > > No Leica content :( > > > > All comments are 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >