Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Both fabulous photos; the female exceptionally so. Jay On 4/30/2014 11:17 AM, Doug Herr wrote: > Last weekend I visited San Diego county in southern California where after > an hour or so of fruitless hiking in the desert I returned to the > trailhead and found a micro-flock of Hermit Warblers in the bush across > the road from the car. > > Hermit Warblers spend winters in Mexico and summers in the western > mountains from southern California to Washington state, generally in the > tops of conifers. During migration they have to cross the lowlands and > when crossing the deserts an oasis such as Agua Caliente county park draws > them to water. This micro-flock of 4 or 5 birds (hard to count them, they > move quickly and hide in the bushes) was intent on foraging for arthropods > so I waited an hour until I turned into background scenery & the birds > hardly paid attention to me. > > female: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/hewarb00.html > > male: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/hewarb01.html > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, 1.4x APO-Extender-R, > monopod & shoulder stock. All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com