Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucky bird--both because he is getting taken care of and because he gets his portrait taken by you! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On May 1, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > Diego is a young adult Red-tailed Hawk at the UC Davis California Raptor > Center: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/rthawk06.html > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/rthawk07.html > > Diego is unable to fly apparently due to wing injuries so he would not > survive in the wild. Ordinarily a healthy Red-tailed Hawk in the wild > will live up to ten years but in captivity Diego's life expectancy is > about thirty years. > > R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO, shoulder stock & monopod. All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >