Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll be back in Austin in a couple of weeks. The grackles congregate on the power lines then swoop in on small children and dropped food. If the lighting is good I will take the appropriate tripod and lens to due them justice. On Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 10:00 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net wrote: > Just avoid venturing outside when the hoard is passing overhead. :-( > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 1/2/2019 8:34 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > > Greetings and happy western new year. Today brings us a fauna weed; > > specifically grackles. There is a large grocery near my Austin home that > > due to zoning, undue influence, crony capitalism, and other non market > > reasons is the only grocery for miles. Therefore it is very busy > bringing > > food scraps that attract vast hordes of grackles. The image today is > only > > a small vanguard staging on my street before they assault the parking lot > > nearby. This is dawn just as the sun is warming the leaves: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/Grackels+at+dawn.jpg.html > > > > All the best. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >