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Subject: [Leica] IMG: a few birdies
From: geneduprey2015 at gmail.com (Gene Duprey)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 19:25:27 -0500
References: <4b7143a0-ae14-73a2-7bad-30d450d6d29a@lighttube.net>

Superb as always, Doug!

Sent from my iPad

> On Oct 12, 2019, at 5:47 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> ?Beautiful framing and details, Doug.  Your new gear is serving you well.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
>> On 10/12/2019 12:04 AM, Doug Herr via LUG wrote:
>> Last week I visited Marin County California where I found a few birds:
>> 
>> Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), a widespread raptor in North 
>> America. Its plumage is highly variable, western birds being typically 
>> darker than eastern ones.
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/buteo/rthawk22.html
>> 
>> Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), another widespread species with some 
>> geographic plumage variation
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/melospiza/sospar02.html
>> 
>> Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), a west coast specialty.  
>> Chickadees found in much of the rest of the continent are the 
>> Black-capped Chickadee; other Chickadees species are the Boreal 
>> Chickadee, Carolina Chickadee and Mountain Chickadee.  These birds are 
>> related to old world Tits (I didn't name them!) and the western Titmouse 
>> species.
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/poecile/cbchic00.html
>> 
>> 
>> Closer to home (much closer!) is another member of the Chickadee family, 
>> the Oak Titmouse.  This is another west coast species; similar birds are 
>> the Juniper Titmouse and the Tufted Titmouse.
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/baeolophus/oatitm12.html
>> 
>> Golden-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia atricapilla), like the 
>> closely-related White-crowned Sparrow, are migrants who breed in the far 
>> north.  There song is one of the reminders that winter is coming.
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/zonotrichia/gcspar12.html
>> 
>> For comparison, an adult White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophyrs) 
>> from last winter
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/zonotrichia/wcspar29.html
>> 
>> all photos: off-topic equipment
>> 
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>> 
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