Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, That is very interesting to know. By some accounts Atlanta is one of the more polluted cities in the U.S.(Mostly by the folks opposed to any new highways) Yet my feeder attracts at least four varieties of sparrow daily. The pest version is a small percentage, but why wait at a feeder for your turn when hanging out at the fast food dumpster is an all you can eat buffet? On 4/1/07, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > > Due to pollution, almost no sparrows here any more. > Philippe > > > > Op 1-apr-07, om 00:22 heeft G Hopkinson het volgende geschreven: > > > 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 > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com