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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: denis on July 16, 2010, 07:44:41 PM

Title: a few from the blacbird family.
Post by: denis on July 16, 2010, 07:44:41 PM

these were taken at various locations and times,whitin the last few months.
european starling
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4800579754_a534ef8ffe_b.jpg)
F RWB
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4800579226_5ab9533bc1_b.jpg)
baby RWB
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4799945949_e87443c90a_b.jpg)

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Post by: lovetobird on July 17, 2010, 07:59:36 AM

Love the second image, great pose and head angle and even catched a glimpse of the red on the females wing, awesome!

Nathan

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Post by: denis on July 17, 2010, 11:07:31 AM

thanks nathan.
these girls are easy to get,but the babies were tough to spot in the bullrushes,and even harder to get a relatively clean shot.

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Post by: Moira on July 17, 2010, 04:24:40 PM

Well exposed Denis - you make a Starling look good!  I don't think I got that ugly baby quite as clear as yours - LOL.

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Post by: Photoman on July 17, 2010, 05:41:46 PM

Very nice Denis, nice warm colors.

Clemens 8)

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Post by: denis on July 17, 2010, 09:12:24 PM

thanks guys.
the starlings are a bit of a pest,and an introduced species,but i like those irradescent colours,under certain lighting conditions.

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Post by: Andreas Jonsson on July 19, 2010, 01:22:13 PM

Love the second photo. But note that the red shoulders suggest that it is a 1st summer male.

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Post by: denis on July 20, 2010, 10:16:30 AM

thanks andreas.
well maybe you can staighten this up for me.here,s a grown male with full wing patch.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/4624043327_802b38316c_o.jpg)
here,s a juvenile first year male(so i was told by birders on site). note the just emerging red wing patch.
my field guide mentions the female with a faint red shoulder patch.now i,m confused! help!!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2713/4484312150_50118a5a3d_o.jpg)

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Post by: Andreas Jonsson on July 20, 2010, 10:52:20 AM

Now you are making me uncertain! What guide are you using? Sibley shows "female"-plumage birds with faint red shoulder patches as first summer males (i.e. not juveniles). What i don't understand, is why an almost fully black juvenile (as the one you show above) would moult into a more female-looking plumage over the course of a year. Doesn't make any sense to me. Hope someone else on the list can help.

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Post by: Andreas Jonsson on July 20, 2010, 10:52:58 AM

Same question appeared here:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=89838 (http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=89838)

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Post by: denis on July 20, 2010, 10:05:48 PM

food for thought andreas.
i,m using ANDY BEZENER,s birds of ontario field guide.the male,female in question was shot earlier this year,with an adult male present,and were observed dipping down into the reeds,where i presume the nest was .i,m very unsure but will go with the aumption that it is a male according to your expertise.i,m just a rookie,and by no means capable of beeing able to identify this bird for certain.