Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Herb, Thanks for the suggestion. I will investigate that approach. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The "Hit & Run" Birds > Strange, I have a different experience with chickadees. Next to the seed > feeder, I have a coarse wire mesh feeder filled with peanuts. While the > occasional jay clumsily attacks a peanut or two, the chickadee will stay > on it, upside down some of the time, for minutes at a stretch. And, not > paranoid like the finches; I can get surprisingly close before he/she > flies away. > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > On May 29, 2013, at 8:10 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> Some birds, such as the Titmouse and Chickadee, spend only a couple of >> seconds at the feeder while they grab a seed and fly back up into the >> overhanging tree branches. While hiding behind a tree, hand-holding the >> E-510 with 250 Telyt-R, I got one shot. He caused the feeder to swing, >> and he hardly stopped flying. I hope for another opportunity. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Bird+87+edit.jpg.html >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >