[Leica] a few birds

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Thanks for sharing these beautiful birds with us, Doug.? My personal 
favorite is the Mallard.? What beautiful colors!

On 11/27/20 9:16 AM, Doug Herr via LUG wrote:
> It?s been a while since I?ve posted anything - lots of family-related 
> stuff going on - but I?ve been able to find a few birds around northern 
> California.
>
> July, Sierra Valley (north of the Tahoe area)
>
> The marshes of the Sierra Valley are spring-fed from groundwater 
> originating from the surrounding mountains? annual snowmelt and as such 
> the  marshes dry up mid-summer except for a few isolated deep pools.
>
> American White Pelican:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery07.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery07.html>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery08.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery08.html>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery09.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pelecanidae/pelecanus/erythrorhynchos/pelery09.html>
>
> Ordinarily Virginia Rails and Sora (another rail) are quite secretive, 
> spending far more time hiding in the marshes that exposed, but the 
> midsummer water levels force them into the open to feed.  By sitting 
> quietly for a few minutes I was able to test the close-focus limits of the 
> lens.
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim05.html 
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim05.html>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim06.html 
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/rallus/limicola/rallim06.html>
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar06.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar06.html>
>
> October
>
> An immature White-tailed Kite looks like she?s giving me the stink-eye but 
> she?s really just catching her balance (Sacramento National Wildlife 
> Refuge):
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/elanus/leucurus/elaleu08.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/elanus/leucurus/elaleu08.html>
>
> a Turkey Vulture warms up the flight controls (Sacramento County):
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cathartidae/cathartes/aura/caeaur06.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cathartidae/cathartes/aura/caeaur06.html>
>
> and an unusually cooperative Belted Kingfisher deigns to sit for a 
> portrait:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/alcedinidae/megaceryle/alcyon/megalc07.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/alcedinidae/megaceryle/alcyon/megalc07.html>
>
> getting caught up to November, some fall colors at the nearby American 
> River:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/platyrhynchos/anapla14.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anas/platyrhynchos/anapla14.html>
>
> and a return trip to Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, another Sora, an 
> immature Common Gallinule, a winter-plumage Eared Grebe and the uncommon 
> dark form of Snow Goose with the dominant white form in the background:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar07.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/porzana/carolina/porcar07.html>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/gallinula/galeata/galgat08.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/rallidae/gallinula/galeata/galgat08.html>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podiceps/nigricollis/podnig06.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podiceps/nigricollis/podnig06.html>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anser/caerulescens/anscae13.html
>  
> <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/anser/caerulescens/anscae13.html>
>
> all photographs: ?Leica? a7rIII, ?Leica? 600mm f/4 GMaster.
>
> all comments are welcome.
>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA