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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cold Weather Feeding
From: frank at f3documentaryphotography.com (Frank Farmer)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:03:45 -0600
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You?re not far from us. Our Cardinals are year round, too. Of course, we 
also have a hawk issue, to wit:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/farff/Shots-From-the-Deep-South/2017/2016-Jun-07-Hawks-013.jpg.html
 
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/farff/Shots-From-the-Deep-South/2017/2016-Jun-07-Hawks-013.jpg.html>
 
Nikon D4, AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 ED VR I, Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E 
III 



Frank F. Farmer
Jackson, Mississippi 

> On Dec 14, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Don,
> 
> Our Cardinals seem to be year-round residents.  I have a lot of bushes 
> which provide them shelter.
> 
> I have had a Sharp Shinned Hawk show up a couple of times and become a 
> threat.  My solution is to let the feeders go empty for2-3 weeks, which 
> encourages him to find food elsewhere.  The songbirds eventually come back.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 12/14/2017 1:18 PM, Don Dory wrote:
>> Well, you still have Cardinals.  Ours have gone to warmer climes; or they
>> got tired of feeding the pair of Coopers hawks that frequent our
>> neighborhood.
>> 
>> All the best.
>> 
>> On Dec 14, 2017 2:11 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> This Cardinal pair chose to visit the feeding area during the morning
>>> sunshine after a cold pre-Winter night.  The female picked one of the
>>> feeders.
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171214-DSCF6008.JPG.html
>>> 
>>> The male chose to gather the sunflower seeds that fell to the ground.
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171214-DSCF6006.JPG.html
>>> 
>>> I forgot to reset the focal length info in the camera software. This was
>>> the Fuji X-T2 with a Leica-R 250 Telyt plus a 2X extender.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> 
>>> 
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