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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Identify this bird
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sun Apr 1 14:45:11 2007
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Hoppy,

Sounds like the words out about how great it is to live there. ;-)

Len


On Apr 1, 2007, at 5:35 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Philippe, over here, sparrows are considered pollution! However,  
> please place an order and we'll mail you over a few hundred
> thousand. At no extra charge we can also include starlings, foxes,  
> rabbits, feral cats and pigs and as many cane toads as you want.
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Philippe Orlent
> Sent: Monday, 2 April 2007 00:37
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Identify this bird
>
> Due to pollution, almost no sparrows here any more.
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Op 1-apr-07, om 00:22 heeft G Hopkinson het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Len, it looks like what we in Australia call a sparrow, which is an
>> introduced, now pest, species from England. If you ever visit
>> Aus you can see approximately 900 000 of them per suburban square
>> kilometre! Apparently it is a member of the finch family. They are
>> not, shall we say, revered locally. Try a search. This page has a
>> rather flattering drawing from the 1800's.
>> http://www.amonline.net.au/factSheets/house_sparrow.htm
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Hoppy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Leonard Taupier
>> Sent: Sunday, 1 April 2007 07:03
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Identify this bird
>>
>> I have been trying to identify this bird with no success. She is from
>> the Finch family but doesn't look like a bird in my field guide. The
>> closest I can find is a White-Collared Seedeater. But that bird is
>> generally not found in the North East. Anybody have an idea.
>> Unfortunately she wouldn't show all of her face for me, but this is
>> the best shot I could get.
>>
>> Leica 560mm f6.8 Telyt and canon 20D.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/ys6ljp
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Len
>>
>
>
>
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