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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Grosbeaks
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:20:42 -0500
References: <8FEDD1D36A1C4C34A4F5C3EFB8DE620B@jimnichols><385F319E-E27C-4195-A781-9D393D3BFFCC@cartersxrd.net><900856AADE9A401E8439DD506833221A@jimnichols> <AEC0896D-59C6-4530-9911-3A3CE489251C@chartermi.net>

Hi Sue,

I think this guy brought his harem.  I saw the one male, and at least three 
females.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue Ryan" <scoutfinch at chartermi.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Grosbeaks


> Some years we have them, some years we don't. Hope we do this year. They 
> are gorgeous and fun to watch. The first time I saw one I didn't know what 
> to make of it - I thought it had been shot in the chest!
>
> Sue
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 30, 2013, at 6:44 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Ric.  I've seen them occasionally for a couple of days.  They 
>> actually allowed me to set up my tripod today, so they must have been 
>> hungry.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "RicCarter" <ric at cartersxrd.net>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Grosbeaks
>>
>>
>>> you lucky devil
>>>
>>> they are very rare here
>>>
>>> ric
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 30, 2013, at 2:55 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This time of year, we see migrating Rose Breasted Grosbeaks at our 
>>>> feeders.  The males are more nervous and hard to photograph.  The 
>>>> females are fearless.
>>>>
>>>> Grosbeak male:
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Grosbeak+Male.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Grosbeak female:
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Grosbeak+Female.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> E-510 with Leica Telyt-R 250/4, 2X
>>>>
>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
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