RE: IMG: Weekend Wildlife

Ha, love the YH blackbird, looks like quite a character !

 


 
> From: wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:43:46 -0400
> Subject: IMG: Weekend Wildlife
> 
> A House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) bringing a snack home for the kids:
> 
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/howr11.jpg
> 
> for more detail: http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/howr11big.jpg
> 
> A few Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) breed in the Sierra Valley north of
> Lake Tahoe:
> 
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/gruidae/sacr00.jpg
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/gruidae/sacr01.jpg
> 
> Ordinarily the Sandhill Cranes' plumage is gray. The rust-colored stain is
> from iron oxides in the soil. When the birds preen their feathers the iron
> in the mud on their bills stains the plumage.
> 
> Also in the Sierra Valley, a Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus
> xanthocephalus) claims turf:
> 
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/icteridae/yhbl00.jpg
> 
> techncial stuff (all photos): R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO+2x APO-Extender-R,
> shoulder stock & monopod. All comments welcome.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
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