[Leica] IMG: Winter Birds

[Sonny Carter]

Both of my guys sing in the early morning, if I recall correctly

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Thanks, Sonny.  Google tells me that all adult male mockingbirds sing, but
> only the bachelors sing at night.  So, if you have migrating females in the
> winter, they are probably quiet.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 1/23/2018 1:04 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
>
>> Nice shots,  interesting about the migration notes.  I’ll have to watch
>> for
>> the mockingbirds around here, as I don’t hear them in the winter.  We have
>> two fellows who stay in this neighborhood in the spring and summer for
>> sure.  One across the street is a constant singer, going through every
>> other bird’s playlist and starting over after that.  The other resides in
>> my side yard, and one of his tricks is to imitate the chirp my car makes
>> when you unlock it with the remote.
>>
>> Our cardinals pass through in the earliest spring, but don’t seem to stay
>> the winter. We have at least one pair that hang out a few weeks, and they
>> usually have a couple juveniles with them.
>>
>> I don’t feed them as I own three cats, two of them avid hunters and a
>> feeder might make cat food.  Sasha Petunia just likes to sit on the porch
>> and mumble at the birds.
>>
>> SonC
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 12:25 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> While getting accustomed to shooting with a shoulder stock and Leica
>>> Telyt-R 250/4, I found a couple of feathered subjects willing to pose on
>>> a winter day.  Both of these are heavily cropped.
>>>
>>> Mockingbird males stay with their territory during the winter, while the
>>> female goes to a warmer climate.  This is our local male, high in a bare
>>> Cleveland pear tree.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180123-DSCF6116.JPG.html
>>>
>>> Cardinals are present year round.  When they are "spooked", they usually
>>> take shelter in this Snowball bush along the fence.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180123-DSCF6121.JPG.html
>>>
>>> Shot with my Fuji X-T2.  Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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Sonny
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1714
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