Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/29

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: critters in Sierra County
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:09:54 -0400 (EDT)
 
Yesterday I spent a day out of Sacramento's 106-degree (F) heat (41 degrees 
C) in the relative cool of Sierra County, north of Truckee and Lake Tahoe.  
I traveled a dirt road where I'd seen Mountain Bluebirds two weeks earlier 
and found:

Least Chipmunk (I'm pretty sure it's Least)

http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/rodents/lech00.jpg

Mountain Chickadee:

http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/moch02.jpg
http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/moch03.jpg

and Williamson's Sapsuckers:

http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/wisa00.jpg
http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/wisa01.jpg

All photos: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8, shoulder stock & monopod.  All comments 
welcome.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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