Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm so sorry. We have been watching a mockingbird nest in our fig bush. There are three new babies. The mockingbirds have been fighting a gallant fight against the local hawk, even going so far as to sit on his head! I'm afraid the hawk or a snake or a feral cat is going to get them soon. So many dangers out there for tiny birds. I guess it's still survival of the fittest. Tina On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > I was hoping to chronicle the growing up of the pigeon family on my > mother-in-law's balcony... > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/**24844563 at > N04/5879450337/in/**photostream<http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/5879450337/in/photostream> > > > > ...but it was not to be. The neighborhood crows found the nest. One of the > two babies was killed and eaten a over a week ago. Yesterday the survivor > suffered the same fate. > > I was laid up for the last week with a nasty case of bronchitis, so I > haven't visited since the three day-old pictures. Now there's nothing to > photograph. > > Real life ain't like Disney. > > --Peter > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com