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Subject: [Leica] IMG: February is duck month
From: cedric.agie at gmail.com (Cedric Agie)
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:10:46 +0100
References: <10386828.1361677447928.JavaMail.root@mswamui-andean.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <97351A2D185F472B8D92503597700B44@jimnichols>

It's also a solid plea for the Leica R systhem and all it's wonderfull
lenses. I mean the R-10 that was ready for production, but is
definitely not supported to say the least by a certain lady in Solms.
She only swears by AF gear.

Have a nice W-E,

Cedric


2013/2/24 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>:
> You have a bunch of nice ones, Doug, but, for me, the "talking" Widgeon
> takes the prize.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr"
> <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> To: <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:44 PM
>
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: February is duck month
>
>
>> For most of the month I've concentrated on the central valley's anatidae
>> (ducks, geese and swans).  Before long spring duck migration will be upon 
>> us
>> (it has already begun for Sandhill Cranes and hummingbirds).  The male 
>> ducks
>> have their brightest plumage of the year and toward the end of hunting
>> season they've learned where people are benign.  The month started for me
>> with a trip to Chico California; several good duck refuges along the way
>> provided opportunities for photos of Snow Goose, Greater White-fronted 
>> Goose
>> and American Wigeon:
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/sngoos06.html
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/gwgoos06.html
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/amwige01.html
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/amwige02.html
>>
>> between duck refuges I also spotted a Ferruginous Hawk, a winter visitor
>> to the area:
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/fehawk05.html
>>
>> (all the above photos: R8/DMR, Leitz Novoflex 560mm f/6.8 Telyt)
>>
>> I was diverted from ducks mid-month by reports of Rock Wrens at nearby
>> Folsom Lake.  The Rock Wren is a species I have very few adequate photos 
>> of
>> so I spent a couple of weekends tracking this bird down:
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/rowren01.html
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/rowren02.html
>>
>> (Rock Wren: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, 2x APO-Extender-R)
>>
>> And to finish the month I ducked out at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge.
>> The male ducks are easy to distinguish from each other:
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/citeal04.html
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/gwteal03.html
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/nopint02.html
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/noshov05.html
>>
>> Female ducks are more difficult to identify but the details in the bills
>> reveal their secret identities.  The Northern Shoveler has a big dorky 
>> bill:
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/noshov04.html
>>
>> The Northern Pintail's bill is uniformly (or nearly so) dark:
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/nopint05.html
>>
>> and the Gadwall's bill is yellow-and-black mottled:
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/gadwal06.html
>>
>> Another bird which can be identified by the bill is the Ross's Goose. This
>> species is very similar to the Snow Goose (first link in this post) but 
>> has
>> a smaller bill which lacks the black "lips" of the Snow Goose:
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/rogoos01.html
>>
>> Something spooked the Ross's Goose flock and they all left in a flurry of
>> wings and water spray:
>>
>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/rogoos02.html
>>
>> (R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO with and without extenders)
>>
>> All comments welcome.
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
>>
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