Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric, I thought about that and try to avoid shooting a bird. But sometimes I slip up ;-) Len On Mar 31, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Ric Carter wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information