On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 05:12:35PM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: > >BTW, what sort of birds are they? > > Chipping Sparrows (spizella passerina)
Thanks, I looked it up... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipping_Sparrow Someone on facebook said White Crowned Sparrow, which I think migt be it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crowned_Sparrow The picture of the first winter juveniles look a lot like the ones with muted color. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> > Subject: birding with Tammy > > > >A lot of people took yesterday off at work. So, these little brown birds > >were out in droves foraging in the courtyard. I don't tend to carry > >my bigma in my daily bag, so my longest lens was my 18-250. > >These birds weren't much more than 4"/10cm tall, and of course don't > >like people getting too close. As such, I'm rather impressed at > >what the K-5 and 18-250 could do: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157638889151025/ > > > >For a lens that covers that much range, it performs much better than it > >really has any right to. > > > >For people who hate galleries, I think this is the prettiest of the set > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11483885275/in/set-72157638889151025 > > > >BTW, what sort of birds are they? > > > >-- > >Larry Colen [email protected] > >http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
