Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slightly surprised you have no woodpeckers in Ireland, Douglas. There are some on Anglesey where my daughter lives 20 or 30 miles from where you live. I have never been close enough to get a good picture. Here in Oxfordshire I have green woodpeckers feeding off ants in my garden from time to time. Frank D. > On 17 May, 2015, at 22:53, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Jim, > As you'll guess I'm no bird man, and we've no woodpeckers in Ireland > except for Woody the Woodpecker in old comics, so the colour of the > plumage is a surprise. > > BTW, that's a hefty lens to be sneaking about with! > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at > lighttube.net> > To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera > Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 5:32 PM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Downy Woodpecker > > >> Occasionally I will see a small woodpecker on the feeders and the oak >> tree, believed to be a Downy Woodpecker male. Today, I got a quick >> chance to catch up with him on the tree. He is small and quick, so >> getting an image is a challenge. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Downy+Woodpecker.jpg.html >> >> Fuji X-E1 with Leica Telyt-R 250/4 with 2X Extender >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information