[Leica] BRD IMG: raptors

[Tina Manley]

Fantastic!  Those are very expressive portraits of the birds.

Tina

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 6:55 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Saturday May 2 the California Raptor Center at UC Davis held its spring
> open house where several of their non-releasable education birds were on
> hand to the delight of many visitors.
>
> One of the new arrivals is Elana, a 1-year-old White-tailed Kite.
> Ordinarily this species is high-strung and doesn't do well around humans,
> but Elana was found as a nestling after falling out of the nest.  She was
> dehydrated but otherwise OK (her nest mates didn't fare as well).  She is
> imprinted on humans so is non-releasable OTOH she's very tolerant of
> people.  Young White-tailed Kites have brown eyes and some rust-colored
> body feathers; these feathers will molt to the white adult plumage and the
> eyes will turn scarlet as the bird matures in another year or so.
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/elanus/wtkite05.html
>
> Jack is an adult Red-tailed Hawk who has many fans among the Raptor Center
> staff, volunteers and visitors.  He's an active and expressive bird always
> window-shopping for squirrel or mouse.
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/buteo/rthawk14.html
>
> Read more about Jack:
>
> http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/calraptor/meet_our_residents/jack.cfm
>
> Juliet is a Turkey Vulture
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cathartidae/tuvult05.html
>
> More about Juliet:
>
> http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/calraptor/meet_our_residents/juliet.cfm
>
> R8/DMR + 280mm f/4 APO as usual.  All comments are welcome.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
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