Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/25

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Subject: [Leica] Junco takeover
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 12:07:25 -0400
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nice
and colorful

ric


On May 25, 2014, at 11:29 AM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> Morning Luggers,
> Juncos seem to be taking over our deck - at the expense of my favourite 
> hummingbirds.
> 
> Here's one fellow strutting along the deck railing:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/Junco1.jpg.html>
> 
> And here is one inside the pot of one of our hanging fuchsias. It was too 
> close to
> focus the Nikon 80 - 400 bazooka so I grabbed the Olympus EM 1with the
> panasonic 100 - 300 zoom (one of my safari combinations) and took this 
> closeup picture:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/JuncoPeekaboo.jpg.html>
> 
> It looks like the juncos may be building a nest in the middle of the 
> fuchsia hanging pot - even
> though I don't think it is nesting season. If so you can expect more Junco 
> photos - although
> I don't find them as interesting or attractive as my elusive hummingbirds.
> 
> Please look large. The picture drawing quality of the 100 - 300 on the EM 
> 1 isn't bad for a piece of plastic.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Howard. 
> 
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