A very striking image... Great to hear that she survives... Would she mate in captivity? > Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 06:07:01 -0700 > From: wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: IMG: Cleopatra > > Cleopatra is a non-releasable captive who arrived at California Foundation > for Birds of Prey near death from West Nile virus. She has been cured of the > virus but the illness caused neurological damage so she can't seen clearly at > close range. She can fly perfectly well, and her distance vision is superb, > but she crashes into things when landing and can't catch prey. > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/L1590195.jpg > > For those who want to spot photos of captive birds: ordinarily you won't see > a dark background behind a wild Golden Eagle. > > Technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO, shoulder stock & monopod. All > comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > ========================================================= > To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' > in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be > replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to > unsubscribe.