Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Nichols wrote: > >Those are beautiful images. Those folks must do a great job getting the >birds back to reasonably good health. The Raptor Center releases about 60% of the birds taken in each year. Some are too far gone to survive, and some live but their injuries don't heal adequately to allow release into the wild. Some of the non-releaseable birds are trained to participate in educational programs, some are placed with other rehabilitation/education facilities, and the rest are just given the care they need as long as they need it. It's an excellent training facility for veterinary students too. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com >From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> >To: <lug at leica-users.org>; "LEG" <leica at freelists.org>; "LeicaReflex" ><leicareflex at freelists.org> >Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 10:26 PM >Subject: [Leica] IMG: Raptor portraits > > >> I've got a few more photos of non-releasable raptors at the California >> Raptor Center at the UC Davis school of Veterinary Medicine: >> http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/calraptor/ >> >> Keep in mind these should be considered portraits of individuals and not >> necessarily representative of the species becaise of captive living >> conditions. >> >> Sadie is an imprinted Northern Saw-whet Owl >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/nsow02.jpg >> >> Athena is a Barn Owl who was rescued and brought back to health after a >> collision with a barbed-wire fence broke her right wing >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tytonidae/baow01.jpg >> >> Spar (already posted) is an imprinted male American Kestrel, full of spunk >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke03.jpg >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke04.jpg >> >> Annie is a female American Kestrel who is imprinted and missing her tail. >> She doesn't clean up well after a meal >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke05.jpg >> >> Grasshopper is a Swainson's Hawk who has cataracts. He's a very gentle >> bird, easy to handle and most of the time puffs up his feathers and >> chills >> out >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/swha01.jpg >> >> Thor is a Ferruginous Hawk who collided with a Union Pacific freight >> train >> somewhere in Nevada and was discovered stuck to the front of the train >> barely alive when the train reached Roseville California >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/feha04.jpg >> >> technical notes: Leica R8 with DMR digital back, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, >> shoulder stock & monopod. Check Sadie's eyes to see how much light there >> was. All comments welcome. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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