Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A good shot, Jim, that starling looks very alert. Lord knows the Brits have done a lot of nasty things to this world of ours, and indeed, as a corrupted Shakespeare might well have written, "Yon Starling has a lean and hungry look", but Mr. Schieffelin wasn't a Brit. :-) Douglas On 10/06/2020 19:25, Jim Nichols wrote: > The Starling is one of my least favorite birds.? Since a Brit brought > them across the pond, they have prospered beyond belief and have > become a nuisance.? Traveling in flocks, they can empty feeders > quickly.? Even a suet block put out for woodpeckers can be torn to > pieces in short order.? But, while hoping for a woodpecker, and trying > burst shooting for the first time, I fired away at my first customer.? > I had purposely balanced the feeder gate to limit the access of larger > birds, since they scatter seed widely.? The Starling struggled to find > a spot where he could feed, and never came to the front side of the > feeder.? He actually looked more elegant peering out from behind the > feeder. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200610-DSCF1876.JPG.html >