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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Wednesday Woodpeckers
From: dsy at loganlake.net (David Young)
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:27:22 -0700

I'm late to the party, Doug.  But this is a wonderful series!

Thank you!

David.

> Optically the Sony 600/4 is darned near perfect.  Lots and lots of
> detail, outstanding flare resistance, plays nice with teleconverters,
> decent OOF rendering.  It doesn't quite have the color richness of the
> 280/4 APO but that's splitting hairs.  Thanks for looking and taking the
> time to comment.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto <http://www.wildlightphoto/>.com
>
>
>> On Apr 22, 2020, at 3:54 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Great series, Doug.  They are nice and sharp with great color.  So,
>> how do you think the Sony 600 compares with your beloved Leica 280?  
>> Obviously it gives you a lot more reach so less cropping or stealth
>> necessary.
>>
>> Aram
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Herr
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 8:57 PM
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Wednesday Woodpeckers
>>
>> a tale of two species...
>>
>> the players: Nuttall's Woodpecker pair
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut06.ht
>> ml
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut08.ht
>> ml
>>
>> female Acorn Woodpecker
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor1
>> 2.html
>>
>> the scene: a dead cottonwood tree, Sacramento County California
>>
>> The Nuttall's pair has been working for several days excavating a nest
>> cavity in a dead Cottonwood tree
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut09.ht
>> ml
>>
>> When I arrived on the morning of 19 April 2020 I saw the male
>> Nuttall's remove something from the cavity that looked like an egg,
>> then resume work on the cavity. Weird, I thought, let's keep watching.
>>
>> In the days since I first observed the Nuttall's pair working on the
>> cavity, a colony of Acorn Woodpeckers moved in nearby. A female Acorn
>> Woodpecker seemed unusually interested in the Nuttall's cavity
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor1
>> 3.html
>>
>> at this point the male Nuttall's raised the alarm
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut10.ht
>> ml
>>
>> Apparently Acorn Woodpeckers don't share nest trees. I also observed
>> the female Acorn repeatedly use her face-chisel to try to stab the
>> female Nuttall's who was inside the cavity.
>>
>> I'm guessing the Acorn Woodpecker left an egg in the Nuttall's nest
>> cavity for the Nuttall's to hatch & raise, Mr. Nuttall's discovered
>> the ruse and removed the Acorn Woodpecker egg sending Ms. Acorn into a
>> tizzy.
>>
>> Meanwhile in another part of the woods a male Acorn Woodpecker was
>> making another nest cavity
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor1
>> 0.html
>>
>> it's always the guys who take out the trash
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor0
>> 9.html
>>
>> all: Sony a7rIII, 600mm f/3 GM, big tripod.  Some with 1.4x TC.
>>
>> All comments welcome.
>>
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
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