Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not to shabby at all, Jayanand. The only fauna we have are native foxes, the odd grey squirrel which has booted out our native reds, thanks to carrying a disease that the greys are immune to, and rats and mice. The squirrels have got wily enough after experiences with the local cats, and stay high - one even runs along the top of my beech hedge while my cat inwardly fumes. Unfortunately, having a cat has minimised the bird life, even though they fly in and nest in the hedge - another source of intense frustration for our cat who has tremendous patience, if a complete lack of smarts. To be honest, it's the dumbest cat we've ever had, and comparing to my son's Siamese would be like comparing an amoeba to Einstein. On 01/09/2020 11:52, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > Instead of sparrows, we have an urban area full of pigeons... > > I jest. There are plenty of pigeons, but Chennai has plenty of waterbodies > full of sea birds and migratory birds - from thousands of Greater Flamingos > to the smallest prinias. Cannot really complain. > > >From my bedroom, which opens out into the Bay of Bengal, in addition to > >the > inevitable crows and pigeons, I have often spotted Painted Storks, > Open-billed Storks, Spot-billed Pelicans, Cormorants, Cattle and > Intermediate Egrets, Sunbirds, Koel, Mynahs, Kingfishers (Common, > White-throated and Pied), Black Kites, Shikra and many more. Unfortunately, > all a bit too small (I live on the fifth floor of a condo comfortably above > the surrounding vegetation), or a bit too far away to photograph - but good > to dust off the binoculars from time to time. At ground level, within the > residential complex lurks two grey mongoose and young, so no doubt, there > are plenty of snakes around. All in all, not too shabby in an urban area of > 8-10 million people! > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/ > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/ > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 3:51 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> Good ol' Monsanto and their ilk!?? Who needs birds anyway - all that >> twittering noise in the mornings. >> I hope they've put up plenty of benches to give depressed birdwatchers >> somewhere to sit down and cry. >> >> Nice shot, Chris >> >> Douglas >> >> >> On 01/09/2020 03:00, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: >>> Nice to see sparrows. They have disappeared completely from Urban India, >>> which has been attributed to their feeding on pesticide infused grain. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 2:54 AM Christopher Crawford < >>> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: >>> >>>> This row of bushes was COVERED in hundreds of sparrows! I photographed >>>> them in the evening shortly before sunset one day last week. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=3312 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Olympus OM-D E-M1 mark II and 45-150mm f4-5.6 Panasonic lens. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Chris Crawford >>>> >>>> Fine Art Photography >>>> >>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>>> >>>> 260-437-8990 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>>> >>>> Like My Work on Facebook >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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