[Leica] a few birds

[Don Dory]

It appears that you are engaging in a slightly more dynamic shooting style
with the AF kit.   The word slightly is intentional as your MF skills are/
were excellent.   As always your images are immediately clicked on.

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 9:17 AM Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 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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