Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Both of my guys sing in the early morning, if I recall correctly On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Thanks, Sonny. Google tells me that all adult male mockingbirds sing, but > only the bachelors sing at night. So, if you have migrating females in the > winter, they are probably quiet. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 1/23/2018 1:04 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > >> Nice shots, interesting about the migration notes. I?ll have to watch >> for >> the mockingbirds around here, as I don?t hear them in the winter. We have >> two fellows who stay in this neighborhood in the spring and summer for >> sure. One across the street is a constant singer, going through every >> other bird?s playlist and starting over after that. The other resides in >> my side yard, and one of his tricks is to imitate the chirp my car makes >> when you unlock it with the remote. >> >> Our cardinals pass through in the earliest spring, but don?t seem to stay >> the winter. We have at least one pair that hang out a few weeks, and they >> usually have a couple juveniles with them. >> >> I don?t feed them as I own three cats, two of them avid hunters and a >> feeder might make cat food. Sasha Petunia just likes to sit on the porch >> and mumble at the birds. >> >> SonC >> >> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 12:25 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >> >> While getting accustomed to shooting with a shoulder stock and Leica >>> Telyt-R 250/4, I found a couple of feathered subjects willing to pose on >>> a winter day. Both of these are heavily cropped. >>> >>> Mockingbird males stay with their territory during the winter, while the >>> female goes to a warmer climate. This is our local male, high in a bare >>> Cleveland pear tree. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180123-DSCF6116.JPG.html >>> >>> Cardinals are present year round. When they are "spooked", they usually >>> take shelter in this Snowball bush along the fence. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180123-DSCF6121.JPG.html >>> >>> Shot with my Fuji X-T2. Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>> >>> -- >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA