[Leica] this month's critters

[Douglas Herr]

It's mostly birds, starting where I left off at the hummingbird portrait 'studio' in my yard

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/archilochus/alexandri/arcale29.html

I visited the marshes of Sierra Valley, north of Truckee California where I found a muskrat

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/muridae/ondatra/zibethica/ondzib01.html

and numerous Yellow-headed Blackbirds

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/icteridae/xanthocephalus/xanthocephalus/xanxan09.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/icteridae/xanthocephalus/xanthocephalus/xanxan10.html

Nearby is Yuba Pass with a Wilson's Warbler

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/cardellina/pusilla/carpus05.html

also Kyburz Flat with a pair of Mountain Bluebirds, Mountain Chickadees and a Yellow-rumped Warbler

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/turdidae/sialia/currucoides/siacur14.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/turdidae/sialia/currucoides/siacur15.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/turdidae/sialia/currucoides/siacur16.html

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/poecile/gambeli/poegam14.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/poecile/gambeli/poegam15.html

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/coronata/setcor30.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/coronata/setcor31.html

More recently I visited an obscure spot in El Dorado County where the Calliope Hummingbird has been very reliable for several years; found a few other birds there too.

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/selasphorus/calliope/selcal26.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/melospiza/melodia/melmel05.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/vireonidae/vireo/gilvus/virgil02.html

all photographs: Sony a1, Sony 600mm GM
all comments are welcome

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com