Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not that I'm a birder, Philippe, but I think your 2012 shot IS definitely a blue tit, but the 2016 shot gives the impression it's a great tit. Have a look at the head markings. The great tit has a more definite cap where as the blue tit seems to have a narrower bar through the eyes. Now, I'll have to go back to my translating of the Qur'an :-) Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe" <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2016 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] BRD: Fresh from the garden -Douglas Thanks Douglas It's a blue tit - lots of them around here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_blue_tit Size is between 4 and 5 inches. Still nesting today, and with these terrible rains.T hey are late for the show this year, and have a hell of a job getting food for the birdlings... Here's a chick right of the nest (3 weeks earlier) last year http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Oiseaux/2015-Bluetit-M__sange-8499-6.jpg.html And here are two, cherry picking, at about the same dates in 2012 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Oiseaux/Ted-8388.jpg.html Amities Philippe Le 12 juin 2016 ? 12:44, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > Nice shot of bird and birdbox, Philippe. Looks like part of the tree. What > type of bird is it anyway? A great tit - parus major? > Scale is hard to judge. > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe" > <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera > Discussion" > <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 11:38 AM > Subject: [Leica] BRD: Fresh from the garden > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Oiseaux/BRD-sharpenedJPEG-2.jpg.html > > Amities > Philippe, keeping an eye on the cats ? > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information