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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Birds from Sierra and Plumas Counties
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (CartersXRd)
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 11:12:00 -0400
References: <2038774191.8842.1559679308420@wamui-mouse.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Doug is a master of patience and investigation and fortitude

It pays dividends!

ric



> On Jun 4, 2019, at 4:15 PM, Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> It's been a while sine I've posted an update, but May turned ou to be 
> quite a productive month.  I visited the Sierra Valley in Sierra and 
> Plumas Counties (Sierra Nevada mountains) where the spring nesting season 
> is well under way.
> 
> Wilson's Snipe is ordinarily well-hidden in marsh veggies but I first 
> spotted this bird when a nearby rancher's dog flushed it from its hiding 
> spot:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/gallinago/wisnip08.html
> 
> A few minutes later when the bird returned it called a couple of fuzzballs 
> out from their hiding spots:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/gallinago/wisnip07.html
> 
> Meanwhile a female Yellow-headed Blackbird was preparing for the next 
> generation:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/icteridae/xanthocephalus/yhblac06.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/icteridae/xanthocephalus/yhblac07.html
> 
> while the male guarded the territory
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/icteridae/xanthocephalus/yhblac08.html
> 
> On the way toward the Sierra Valley is a reliable spot for American 
> Dipper.  I first learned of this spot a few years ago and after scouting 
> the location the last two springs I dedicated some time to photographing 
> the bird.  This involved a quarter-mile hike with camera, tripod, 
> comfortable ground-level chair and a simple blind, and a morning 
> evaluating lighting, backgrounds and bird activity to get a few pictures:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinclus/amdipp06.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinclus/amdipp07.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinclus/amdipp08.html
> 
> 
> At the Sierra Valley marsh there were numerous water birds such as Gadwall
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mareca/gadwal16.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mareca/gadwal17.html
> 
> Ruddy Duck
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/oxyura/ruduck06.html
> 
> and Cinnamon Teal
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/spatula/citeal07.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/spatula/citeal06.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/spatula/citeal09.html
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/spatula/citeal05.html
> 
> At a nearby flooded roadside I found a female Wilson's Phalarope
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/phalaropus/wiphal05.html
> 
> With the exception of the Dipper, these photos were made using the camper 
> as a blind.  For the Cinnamon Teal I took the additional step of covering 
> the open window with camoflage-print bug netting (the same rudimentary 
> blind I used for the Dipper photos), which turned out to be surprisingly 
> effective.
> 
> 
> As usual all comments are welcome and please feel free to share with 
> others who might be interested.
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
> 
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