Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Hoppy, Your link looks the closest to my bird. My problem with the house sparrow pictures I've seen is they all look different. I guess like people they don't all look the same. Thanks, Len On Mar 31, 2007, at 6:22 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information