[Leica] Photos: Western Yolo County Critters

[abridge at dcn.org (Adam Bridge)]

So what if gas is a bit pricey. It's the holiday weekend and my wife and headed
out to see what me could see. 

As we scouted the western boundary of the Central Valley, down a county road
surrounded on either side by the Acme Gun Club property (heavily posted no
trespassing: patrolled) this western meadowlark (thanks Doug) finally came to
roost long enough to capture:

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Later, up closer to the rise of the Vaca Range and on the other side of a deep
draw carved by a stream, now almost empty as we enter our rainless summer, this
quail posed against the colorful background of grazing land, drying out in the
sun.

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A redwing blackbird oversees a wheat field.

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The first three images are on Portra 160 NC, the last three on Portra 400 VC.
Leica R8 with 560 f/5.7 tele.

I suppose these don't meet the criteria of political statement and are just
bucolic photos of the California countryside. I stand convicted.

Adam