Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slightly dark to me... I feel like that all the way. I need to get out more... On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Barney Quinn<bjq1 at mac.com> wrote: > > I got to the point where I couldn't stand myself anymore so I took Friday > off and drove over to the Blackwater Wildlife Refuge on Maryland's Eastern > Shore. I came across this nest of fledgling Ospreys learning to fly. It was > great fun to watch. The adolescent Ospreys would flap their wings and get a > foot or two in the air. Just when it looked as if they would take off and > fly they would get tired and drift down to the nest again. They don't have > much time because Ospreys usually leave their nests in July and it's > already > early August. It was very much like teaching a human child to ride a > bicycle. You run along with them for ten or fifteen feet and just when you > think they are going to pedal off on their own they go flop and you have to > catch them. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Ospreys.jpg.html > > Comments and criticisms welcome. > > Barney -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.rfman.com blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963