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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Identify this bird
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat Mar 31 15:14:16 2007
References: <1F827E12-D32F-4167-8464-391EBC8FEA29@comcast.net> <000e01c773e3$1e318240$6501a8c0@asus930> <63DDFE5D-6271-4F5E-83E6-6B2C34B12C1B@mindspring.com> <B4F7E2C2-C05E-4B6B-8B7A-409BA1615057@comcast.net>

On the bird list I read, they often elicit the word "shoot" in the  
non-photographic sense;^)

Ric


On Mar 31, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> Ric,
>
> Seems like the consensus.
>
> Thanks,
> Len
>
>
> On Mar 31, 2007, at 6:28 PM, Ric Carter wrote:
>
>> My first inclination is house sparrow.
>>
>> Ric
>>
>>
>> On Mar 31, 2007, at 6:22 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:
>>
>>> Len, it looks like what we in Australia call a sparrow, which is  
>>> an introduced, now pest, species from England. If you ever visit
>>> Aus you can see approximately 900 000 of them per suburban square  
>>> kilometre! Apparently it is a member of the finch family. They are
>>> not, shall we say, revered locally. Try a search. This page has a  
>>> rather flattering drawing from the 1800's.
>>> http://www.amonline.net.au/factSheets/house_sparrow.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Hoppy
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Leonard Taupier
>>> Sent: Sunday, 1 April 2007 07:03
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Identify this bird
>>>
>>> I have been trying to identify this bird with no success. She is  
>>> from
>>> the Finch family but doesn't look like a bird in my field guide. The
>>> closest I can find is a White-Collared Seedeater. But that bird is
>>> generally not found in the North East. Anybody have an idea.
>>> Unfortunately she wouldn't show all of her face for me, but this is
>>> the best shot I could get.
>>>
>>> Leica 560mm f6.8 Telyt and canon 20D.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/ys6ljp
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Len
>>>
>>>
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