Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The black tailed deer brought a smile, trying to move horses out of chest high grass on a chilly spring morning is a tough job. On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:16 PM Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Today I returned to the floodplain I had visited a couple of days ago. > The thing than is certain about a visit to this park is very little is > certain. > > After a cold front moved through last night the air was rather cold > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/cervidae/odocoileus/hemionus/odohem14.html > > A pair of Red-shouldered Hawks is showing signs of re-using last year's > nest. Typical of raptors in the Buteo genus it can be observed flying > overhead but it's more at home in a forested environment than others of its > genus > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/buteo/lineatus/butlin16.html > > An Acorn Woodpecker is remodeling an older nest cavity > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor17.html > > I found the sapsucker near the tree it had been foraging in two days ago > but today it was less accommodating. OTOH a female Nuttall's Woodpecker > found the sapsucker's sap wells and was enjoying a free lunch > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut12.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut13.html > > All comments are welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com