Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your bird photos are incredible as always, but I must say that the bison really got my attention. And yes, having camped a few times during bicycle tours, I would not want to run into one of these while going to pee in the middle of the night. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 2 Sep 2023, at 02:08, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > I've made a few photos since the start of the year, beginning in January > with a vagrant Snow Bunting that found its way to the coast of the San > Francisco peninsula, well south of its usual winter haunts: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/calcariidae/plectrophenax/nivalis/pleniv.html > > While I was nearby I visited a marina in Sausalito north of the Golden > Gate where a vagrant Yellow-crowned Night-Heron has taken up residence, > far north of its usual range: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/nyctanassa/violacea/nycvio01.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/nyctanassa/violacea/nycvio02.html > > What doesn't show in this photo is the contortions required to get a clear > view of the bird; squeezed between a telephone service box and a > chain-link fence on a decrepit dock suspended 2 meters above mud flats > with enough gaps in the dock's decking to drop the camera and a large > portion of myself through, while crouched low enough to clear the bottom > of the chain-link fence. Extracting myself from this location was > "interesting". > > During February and March I was occupied with planning for an April/May > road trip but I noticed that a pair of Downy Woodpeckers had found the > suet bribe I had placed where lighting and backgrounds were suitable for > portraits: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/pubescens/drypub.html#drypub07 > > In April I began my road trip through Arizona where I found numerous bird > species not ordinarily observed near my Northern California home: > > Cactus Wren: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/campylorhynchus/brunneicapillus/cambru.html#cambru10 > > Gambel's Quail: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/odontophoridae/callipepla/gambelii/calgam.html#calgam01 > (several photographs, scroll down) > > Curve-billed Thrasher: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/mimidae/toxostoma/curvirostre/toxcur.html#toxcur04 > (several photographs, scroll down) > > Painted Redstart: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/myioborus/pictus/myipic.html#myipic04 > (several photographs, scroll down) > woodpeckers: (several photographs, scroll > down)http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/scalaris/drysca.html > > (http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/uropygialis/meluro.html) > > orioles: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/icteridae/icterus/parisorum/ictpar.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/icteridae/icterus/cucullatus/ictcuc.html#ictcuc05 > > hummingbirds: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/cynanthus/latirostris/cynlat.html#cynlat05 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/lampornis/clemenciae/lamcle.html > > and others: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/corvidae/aphelocoma/wollweberi/aphwol.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cardinalidae/cardinalis/cardinalis/carcai.html#carcai02 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trogonidae/trogon/elegans/troele.html > > en route to the continent's midwest for spring migration I found in > Oklahoma a cooperative Carolina Wren: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryothorus/ludovicianus/thrlud.html > > > In Ontario Canada I found a pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers excavating a > nest cavity: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/carolinus/melcar.html > > a Rose-breasted Grosbeak: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cardinalidae/pheucticus/ludovicianus/phelud.html#phelud01 > > Horned Grebe near the shore of Lake Erie: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/podicipedidae/podiceps/auritus/podaur.html#podaur04 > > > The stars of the midwestern spring migration are the wood warblers: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/virens/setvir.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/citrina/setcit.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/petechia/setpet.html#setpet17 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/pensylvanica/setpen.html#setpen01 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/fusca/setfus.html#setfus01 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/caerulescens/setcae.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/palmarum/setpal.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/protonotaria/citrea/procit.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/mniotilta/varia/mnivar.html > > > On the return trip west I stopped to camp at Antelope Island in the Great > Salt Lake, where I was reminded why I prefer camping over any other > overnight accommodation. This Loggerhead Shrike, a predatory songbird, > was at my campsite trying to add Gopher Snake to the dinner menu. The > snake objected and eventually the shrike left to find a more cooperative > meal: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/laniidae/lanius/ludovicianus/lanlud.html#lanlud03 > > Also at Antelope Island > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/hirundinidae/hirundo/rustica/hirrus.html#hirrus02 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/hirundinidae/petrochelidon/pyrrhonota/petpyr.html#petpyr07 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/numenius/americanus/numame.html#numame05 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/laridae/leucophaeus/pipixcan/leupip.html > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/tyrannidae/tyrannus/verticalis/tyrver.html#tyrver09 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/bovidae/bison/bison/bisbis.html#bisbis05 > > note that the bison wander freely through the campground; important to > remember when visiting the outhouse during the dark hours. > > My final stop on the way home was Marble Hot Springs Road, where I've > often visited for nesting birds typical of the Great Basin. > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/spatula/cyanoptera/spacya.html#spacya14 > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/icteridae/xanthocephalus/xanthocephalus/xanxan.html#xanxan20 > > There were many adventures along the way, and these photos represent the > 'low-hanging fruit'. I'm looking forward to my next road trip and the > adventures and wildlife it may bring. > As usual, all comments are welcome and please feel free to share with > those who may be interested. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information