[LRflex] Re: sort of off-topic: can you identify this bird?

From: Douglas Herr <telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:52:08 -0700

On Jul 22, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Colin Howarth wrote:

> Off-topic, because it's not taken with Leica gear - but that's
> because I only today won a bid on a Telyt 400/6.8 (+ shoulderstock,
> for 250 EUR) and, of course, it hasn't arrived yet :)
>
> Also, this makes no pretense at being an artistic shot. I just
> grabbed what I could get, 200 mm (ie. 320 @ f/4) handheld.
>
>
> http://www.emerald.homepage.t-online.de/photos.html
>
>
> The tail is actually a brighter yellow-orange, whilst the other
> specimens have had a more sparrow-coloured body (I seem to recall).

Looks like a male Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros).  The other 
specimens would be the females.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

------
Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
    http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm
Archives are at:
    http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/

References:

[LRflex] sort of off-topic: can you identify this bird?
From: Colin Howarth

[LRflex] Re: sort of off-topic: can you identify this bird?

Other related posts: