Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice story and photo, Barney. Thanks for sharing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barney Quinn" <bjq1 at mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 8:18 PM Subject: [Leica] (no subject) > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >