Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Same here - mainly due to pesticide use on fields growing grain... Cheers Jayanand 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 >