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Subject: [Leica] IMG: a few birdies
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 22:04:23 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

Last week I visited Marin County California where I found a few birds:

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), a widespread raptor in North America. 
Its plumage is highly variable, western birds being typically darker than 
eastern ones.
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/buteo/rthawk22.html

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), another widespread species with some 
geographic plumage variation
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/melospiza/sospar02.html

Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), a west coast specialty.  
Chickadees found in much of the rest of the continent are the Black-capped 
Chickadee; other Chickadees species are the Boreal Chickadee, Carolina 
Chickadee and Mountain Chickadee.  These birds are related to old world Tits 
(I didn't name them!) and the western Titmouse species.
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/poecile/cbchic00.html


Closer to home (much closer!) is another member of the Chickadee family, the 
Oak Titmouse.  This is another west coast species; similar birds are the 
Juniper Titmouse and the Tufted Titmouse.
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/baeolophus/oatitm12.html

Golden-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia atricapilla), like the closely-related 
White-crowned Sparrow, are migrants who breed in the far north.  There song 
is one of the reminders that winter is coming.
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/zonotrichia/gcspar12.html

For comparison, an adult White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophyrs) from 
last winter
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/zonotrichia/wcspar29.html

all photos: off-topic equipment

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


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