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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Rufous Hummingbird
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:03:30 -0400 (EDT)
References: <26911066.1428869837567.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Both very nice photos.  Nice work doug.

Gene


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
To: lug at leica-users.org
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2015 3:17:17 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Rufous Hummingbird

For a week last fall an immature male Rufous Hummingbird visited the feeder 
in my yard on its southbound migration, claiming the feeder as its own and 
driving the dozen or so other hummingbirds away whenever they dared approach 
the sweet syrup.  This was the first Rufous Hummingbird I'd seen here and I 
hoped it wasn't the last.

Recently California's central valley was flooded with a wave of northbound 
Rufous Hummingbirds and until last night when an adult male Rufous 
Hummingbird B&B'd here it appeared the wave had bypassed my yard.  By 
midmorning it was gone.  I chose to pretend this was the same bird that 
visited last fall.  I have no way of confirming it's the same bird.  

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/selasphorus/ruhumm09.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/selasphorus/ruhumm11.html

Technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, big old Gitzo.  All comments 
welcome.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com

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