AAARRRGGGG. John Francis wrote: > They're not the easiest birds to get to see. Hence the > popular expression "once bittern, twice shy". > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:56:35PM -0000, Bob W wrote: > >> That looks like a bittern. They're very rare over here. I'd love to >> see one. >> >> Bob >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of P. J. Alling >>> Sent: 24 March 2008 19:16 >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Not a Peso: Can someone identify this bird? >>> >>> While I was out shooting on easter, someone pointed out this >>> little guy >>> hiding in the rushes. I think he's some kind of rail but I >>> can't find >>> anything that looks like him in any identification guide. >>> (That doesn't >>> mean he's not there just that I'm not much of a birder). The image >>> isn't technically all that good, it's the center 1/6th of a the >>> >> frame >> >>> and to get even this close I had to combine the Vivitar S1 600mm >>> >> with >> >>> the 1.7x adapter. So there are all kinds of problems with the >>> >> image. >> >>> http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20whatami.html >>> >>> Anyone who can help thanks in advance. >>> >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > >
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