Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry.? I should have done proper research. On 6/10/20 3:47 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > A good shot, Jim, that starling looks very alert. Lord knows the Brits > have done a lot of nasty things to this world of ours, and indeed, as > a corrupted Shakespeare might well have written, "Yon Starling has a > lean and hungry look", but Mr. Schieffelin wasn't a Brit. > :-) > > Douglas > > > On 10/06/2020 19:25, Jim Nichols wrote: >> The Starling is one of my least favorite birds.? Since a Brit brought >> them across the pond, they have prospered beyond belief and have >> become a nuisance.? Traveling in flocks, they can empty feeders >> quickly.? Even a suet block put out for woodpeckers can be torn to >> pieces in short order. But, while hoping for a woodpecker, and trying >> burst shooting for the first time, I fired away at my first >> customer.? I had purposely balanced the feeder gate to limit the >> access of larger birds, since they scatter seed widely.? The Starling >> struggled to find a spot where he could feed, and never came to the >> front side of the feeder.? He actually looked more elegant peering >> out from behind the feeder. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200610-DSCF1876.JPG.html >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA