Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This was near Yellowknife - we have both kinds here for the summer - though the whooping cranes nest south of Great Slave Lake and generally stay there. The Sandhill Cranes fly through here heading south from the Arctic Coast. These struck me as more white than sand coloured... but to tell the truth I don't really remember now... There were two and I had my little guy (16months) in the backpack. He saw them first and started going Bu... Bu... Bu... (trans. Bird). They were only about 15 feet away (we were on a ridge beside the Yellowknife river) - and stayed there for a couple of minutes at least. I was backing away slowly, but a bit too much Bu bu bu and arm waving got them off the ground.... (Hexar AF was in the backpack... and only has 35mm lens. 16 month old is too darn heavy to carry Leicas as well!) tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Douglas > Herr > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 9:08 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: cranes (was: RE: [Leica] FS: fine prints) > > > On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:40:39 -0600 Tim Atherton > <tim@KairosPhoto.com> wrote: > > > I'm no wildlife photographer, but I'm sure you > > would have loved seeing the > > tow Cranes (whooping or Sandhill...?) I came > > across the other day - stopped > > for a rest on their journey south I presume. > > Tim, adult Whooping cranes are mostly white, and Sandhill cranes (and > 2002-model Whooping Cranes) are kinda sand-colored. Whooping cranes are > extremely scarce. Cranes in the wild are very difficult to > photograph even > with a 560 'cuz they're quite wary and remember from one year to > the next all > the details of the fields they stop in. There's a good wintering area in > south Sacramento County, but the best place to see/photograph > wintering cranes > is Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. > > > Doug Herr<BR>Birdman of Sacramento<BR>http://www.wildlightphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html