Realizing I had very few good photos of the birds literally in my back yard, I spent a few hours last weekend sitting by my feeding station. Five species of sparrows (family Emberizidae) visited: Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon form: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/doju03.html Spotted Towhee, formerly thought to be conspecific with the Eastern Towhee: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/spto05.html White-crowned Sparrow: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/emberizidae/wcsp05.html Golden-crowned Sparrow: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/bpy2010/L1260316.html California Towhee: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/bpy2010/L1260286.html These sparrows all prefer dense brush so getting a clear view was a bit difficult. They also move very quickly so I ended up with numerous (deleted) photos of backs of heads and departing tailfeathers. Those of you who are familiar with horses might recognize some of the 'dirt clods' in the Spotted Towhee photo. My previous attempts at photographing these backyard birds involved a blind with unsatisfactory results, so this time I simply sat quietly and waited for the birds to learn that I wasn't about to eat them. technical stuff: Leica R8 with DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt-R with UET-R extension tube, tripod. All comments welcome. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com ? Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
