Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice work, Howard.? It sure looks like more fun than my bird feeders! On 5/16/20 11:48 PM, Howard Cummer via LUG wrote: > Went this morning back to the eagle lookout on a cloudy, slightly misty > day: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCF7355.jpg.html > > Mama eagle was sitting in the nest keeping the chicks warm > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3878.jpg.html > > Another view of chick warming - the lack of sunlit shadows pleased me: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCF7447.jpg.html > > After about an hour the Mama called out several times and flew out of the > nest to stand guard several trees away > waiting for the next food delivery from Papa: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCF7447.jpg.html > > Mama extended her right wing as if to dry it - arthritis perhaps? > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3902.jpg.html > > Turned left to continue drying: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3904.jpg.html > > The aggressive crow and the eagle ignored each other: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3895-Pano.jpg.html > > The chicks were left exposed to the cool damp - maybe Mama is toughening > them up Spartan style; > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3924.jpg.html > > One chick is growing more quickly - and its feet are much bigger: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3909.jpg.html > > If survival of the fittest prevails - and it almost always does - the > bigger chick will > eventually push the weaker one out of the nest. > > Papa with the fish never did arrive and eventually we had to go for lunch. > He arrived about > 10 minutes after we left. Of course. > > May be view large if you like. C&C always welcome. Camera info at the top > of each picture. > > Howard > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA