Great shot. I missed this originally. The background is funny but the purple nicely frames the bird.
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for commenting, Ken. I honestly don't know why I posted it except for > its being such a surprise to see. We're in a medium small population area > ('prox 65,000) and it's not something I expected, especially when I had a > camera handy. > > Jack > > --- On Sun, 4/17/11, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Ken Waller <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Back Fence Quail >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011, 2:46 PM >> Very nice capture, just wish the >> background was a touch less prominent. >> Inclusion of the fence is a real plus IMO. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" <[email protected]> >> Subject: PESO: Back Fence Quail >> >> >> > First one of these I've seen perched on anything in >> our yard. Per my Field Guide, it's a California Quail. I >> might have guessed that. >> > We have a Finch feeder on a garden-poll just to the >> right. It's obvious we've seen many downloading their >> thistle seed residue on said fence. >> > >> > >> > Comments welcome! >> > >> > Jack >> > >> > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=591 >> > >> > K-5, DA 55-300@300, 1/500, ISO 3200, hand held. >> >> >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

