Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Superb as always, Doug! Sent from my iPad > On Oct 12, 2019, at 5:47 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > > ?Beautiful framing and details, Doug. Your new gear is serving you well. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > >> On 10/12/2019 12:04 AM, Doug Herr via LUG wrote: >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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