Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam Bridge <abridge@dcn.org> wrote: > After Sunday afternoon I have no doubts that birds and dinosaurs, large viscious > meat eating dinosaurs, are related. According to some theories birds are feathered dinosaurs. > A raptor (a kite perhaps?) hovered waiting for a rodent: > http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-05-Valley/E100VS-20-W.Yolo-crp-crv-shrp.jpg Hard to tell from this photo but I think it's a Northern Harrier. The White-tailed Kite usually hunts from altitude and gently floats down onto the unsuspecting rodent. The Harrier hunts closer to the ground. (great egret series) > http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-05-Valley/Portra160NC-03-Birds-crp-crv-shrp.jpg > http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-05-Valley/Portra160NC-08-Birds-crp-crv-shrp.jpg > http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-05-Valley/Portra160NC-09-Birds-crp-crv-shrp.jpg > http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-05-Valley/Portra160NC-15-Birds-crp-crv-shrp.jpg > http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-05-Valley/Portra160NC-16-Birds-crp-crv-shrp.jpg excellent series. keep that 560 handy. > There were other birds in the field, also a kind of heron I believe. I'm guessing maybe > black night herons although perhaps not: > http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-05-Valley/Portra160NC-30-Birds-crp-crv-shrp.jpg Black-crowned Night Heron. This one doesn't seem as sharp as the others. Is it cropped, or were there some heat waves? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com