Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: White geese
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:12:53 +0100
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Hi Doug,

Again two great examples of the beauty you capture with your camera

Cheers
Lluis


El 27/12/2009, a las 23:59, Doug Herr escribi?:

> California's central valley is winter home to millions of waterfowl  
> (no exaggeration).   Among the most charismatic of these is the Snow  
> Goose, and the very similar Ross's Goose.  The distinction between  
> these two species is the relative size and proportions, best  
> observed when the two are side-by-side.
>
> In this photo the immature bird (gray head) is a Snow Goose, and the  
> adult bird is a Ross's Goose:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/sngo00.jpg
>
> Note the ground cover :)  During hunting season the geese quickly  
> learn where the protected areas are, or at least the ones who  
> survive learn quickly.  During the day, tens or hundreds of  
> thousands of geese rest in the refuge's protected area, and once the  
> sun sets and hunting is over for the day, they fly out of the refuge  
> to the surrounding rice fields en masse to forage.
>
> A large flock like this is as nervous as the most nervous member of  
> the flock, so when a "nervous Nellie" goose sounds the alarm over a  
> predator (real or imagined), panic quickly spreads through the flock  
> resulting in winged pandemonium:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/sngo01.jpg
>
> Both photos: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, tripod.  All comments welcome.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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