Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/11

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Subject: [Leica] GeeBee - Rook (or Crow?)
From: geebee at geebeephoto.com (GeeBee)
Date: Mon Oct 11 09:29:18 2004
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From: "Douglas M. Sharp" <DouglasMSharp@netscape.net>

Subject: [Leica] GeeBee - Rook (or Crow?)


> Hello Graham,
> I thought this barbaric habit of scaring Rooks and Crows off had died
> out in the early sixties, along
> with impaling moles on barbed wire fences.
>
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/Leica/Ashley_04.htm
>
> Question is - does it work? A disturbingly good picture!
> Douglas
>
> BTW We used to eat them after the Rook shoot in Yorkshire - Rook pie was
> even better than Pigeon.Very tasty indeed.
>
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Douglas,

I didn't see many birds around apart from those hanging on sticks so maybe
it works. Could have been me scaring them off, with a monopod under my arm
and a Billingham over my shoulder I look kind of hunter gather..ish :-)

--gb
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