Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just awesome, as always, Doug! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On May 1, 2011, at 6:15 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > Prior to meeting up with Steve at the California Raptor Center I visited > the nearby Yolo wildlife area where I found high winds and some > White-faced Ibis. Nobody knows quite why, but this species was quite > scarce in this area no more than 20 years ago but now there are lots of > them. > > In its basic plumage the species' name doesn't seem to fit (older photo): > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/threskiornithidae/wfib02.html > > but at this time of year most have their breeding colors and the name is > much more fitting: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/threskiornithidae/wfibis03.html > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/threskiornithidae/wfibis04.html > > All photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO + 2x APO-Extender-R, shoulder stock. > 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 >