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Yellow Wagtails II


Yellow Wagtails II
Photo Information
Copyright: Pekka Valo (pekkavalo1) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 307 W: 21 N: 1202] (3793)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-31
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 400mm f4.0 DO IS USM, RAW ISO 800, Canon EF 2x Extender II
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/640 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-14 1:04
Viewed: 449
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flava)at Friskalanlahti nature reserve (Turku, Finland).

This is the other part of the mixed couple I presented yesterday. It seemed be to together with Dark-headed Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava thunbergi).

From Birdguides:

Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

In: Yellow Wagtail Ca: Cuereta groga Da: Gul Vipstjert De: Schafstelze Es: Lavandera boyera Fi: keltavästäräkki Fr: Bergeronette printanière It: Cutrettola Nl: Gele Kwikstaart No: Gulerle Pt: Alvéola-amarela Sv: Gulärla US: Yellow Wagtail Ru: Желтая трясогузка


Identification
The races which have grey heads may look superficially like Grey Wagtails but they usually have greener or browner backs. The shorter tails and different calls of the yellow wagtails are always conclusive.

Habitat
Breeds in damp, rushy pastures, water meadows and hay fields.

Behaviour
The race M. f. flavissima with a yellow face is typically found in Britain, but a population also breeds in Holland where they are said not to interbreed with the Blue-headed Wagtails in the same area. This would imply that Yellow Wagtail and Blue-headed Wagtail should be treated as separate species but to do so would involve assessing the claims of all the other subspecies to this exalted status. It has long been argued, for example, that Black-headed Wagtail, with its distinctive calls should be treated separately.

Migration
Most birds migrate to the Afrotropics and Asia for the winter although some may winter in some areas of Turkey
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Hi Pekka, lovely bird in great pose with splendid blurry BG, wonderful light and fantastic colors, fine details and excellent sharpness, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 524 W: 87 N: 693] (5739)
  • [2008-06-14 2:41]

hi Pekka,
bonne image de cet oiseau, je ne connaissais pas son existence il y a encore quelques mois. Bon Pov, mais la dof est légèrement perfectible. Bonne couleur naturelle.

gl

Hello Pekka,
nice action shot of yellow wagtail,superb light and composition,lovely colours.
TFS.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2468 W: 168 N: 7464] (23588)
  • [2008-06-14 5:29]

Hej Pekka,
Excellent capture of this little Yellow Wagtail in a lovely pose and in good light. Fine details and beautiful colours too.
TFS and regards,Ulla

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1788 W: 8 N: 4639] (15001)
  • [2008-06-14 9:40]

Hi Pekka,

A lovely banded Wagtail posing so nicely on his pedestal. Beautiful colors and nice details and of course I love the opened beak. He stands out very well from the blurred background.

Jane

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 927 W: 4 N: 2317] (10792)
  • [2008-06-14 9:42]

Hello Pekka,
Very nice view and focus of this bird. Well shot and well presented. Ganesh

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 353 W: 3 N: 376] (1127)
  • [2008-06-14 11:56]

Hi Pekka,
Very nice capture.POV,colors,BG and pose of bird are wonderful.
Thanks for posting.

Great shot and nice POV,Pekka.
I love the way you've brought out the plumage so well.
Goldy

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1696 W: 242 N: 5596] (19883)
  • [2008-06-14 13:23]

I don't think I've ever heard of this type of Wagtail before so thanks for posting this! :-)
Excellent singing pose and a good POV.
Sharp with great clarity.
Superb DOF too.

Well done, Pekka!

Joe

Hello Pekka,

This is a beauty!
And you have captured it singing too!

He is creating a fine pose for you on his singing post. You have captured fine details of his plummage which show up well against the dark b/g.

I see he has been ringed.
Would this have happened in Finland, do you think?

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-06-15 21:05]

Hello Pekka

A lovely image of this cute little wagtail.
The lighting is warm and the colours are natural and well saturated.
Very well composed in the frame.
TFS

Rob

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2613 W: 133 N: 7504] (23403)
  • [2008-06-15 22:00]

Hello Pekka,
Interesting to see a ssp mixture of flava and thunbergi. You made a fine sharp capture of this ringed individual taken from a excellent POV to show the features against a fine OOF BG.
TFS this interesting contribution,
Ivan

bonjour pekka
un peu de surexposition sur la poitrine de cet oiseau et un leger manque de contraste selon moi mais c'est une belle image malgrés tout.
laurent

Hi Pekka,

Great looking bird and you have captured the colours perfectly. Nice pose from the bird and he stands out well against a nice soft background.

Mike

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