Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've got a few more photos of non-releasable raptors at the California Raptor Center at the UC Davis school of Veterinary Medicine: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/calraptor/ Keep in mind these should be considered portraits of individuals and not necessarily representative of the species becaise of captive living conditions. Sadie is an imprinted Northern Saw-whet Owl http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/nsow02.jpg Athena is a Barn Owl who was rescued and brought back to health after a collision with a barbed-wire fence broke her right wing http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tytonidae/baow01.jpg Spar (already posted) is an imprinted male American Kestrel, full of spunk http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke03.jpg http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke04.jpg Annie is a female American Kestrel who is imprinted and missing her tail. She doesn't clean up well after a meal http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/amke05.jpg Grasshopper is a Swainson's Hawk who has cataracts. He's a very gentle bird, easy to handle and most of the time puffs up his feathers and chills out http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/swha01.jpg Thor is a Ferruginous Hawk who collided with a Union Pacific freight train somewhere in Nevada and was discovered stuck to the front of the train barely alive when the train reached Roseville California http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/feha04.jpg technical notes: Leica R8 with DMR digital back, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, shoulder stock & monopod. Check Sadie's eyes to see how much light there was. All comments welcome. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com