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Upupa epops


Upupa epops
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Copyright: Christophe Berche (christophe) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 414 W: 61 N: 376] (1783)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-08
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 II APO Macro Super, Digital RAW 100, Hama sky 1A (LA+10) (IV) 58mm
Exposure: f/8, 1/160 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-09-03 4:02
Viewed: 1132
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Huppe fasciée is a bird with the long slightly arched nozzle gracile, with a huppe érectile of reddish feathers to the black end, a back harlequin tinted of yellowish, an orange chest, finally a flight jerked and leaping.

Song: Huppe fasciée pupule, pupute.

Habitat: The standard habitat of Huppe, it is the scrap-metal with quickset hedges, thickets and orchards where it invests the hollow shafts, even the old walls or the buildings given up to nest there.

Behaviors: Visitor of summer (from April at September). Species much more abundant in the south of the Loire than in north. Winter until the south of the Sahara.

Nesting: Nest: It frequently occupies of old cabins of Peaks, but is often satisfied with an anfractuosity whose opening is reduced to a simple crack. It builds a rather simple nest: naked or simple vegetable remains cluster. Bridge: Clearly bridge April at June from 5 to 7 moderate gray eggs of brown and dotted lines of white; approximately 18 days incubation by the female only supplied by the male. The chicks fly away to 3 or 4 weeks. After the blossoming of eggs, the accumulation of the dejections of chicks spreads a nauseous odor, which facilitates the discovery of the nest.

Mode: Invaluable predator: nourishes especially larvae of coleopters, grasshoppers, locusts, butterflies, flies, spiders, towards, slugs, millipede. It excavates the least interstices of the barks, probes grass of the slopes to the research of the larvae of the cockchafer, the lucanus or
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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-09-03 4:10]

Hello Christophe!
Wonderful capture.Colors,lighting,POV and composition are excellent.very well done!
TFS...:-)

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  • Eko Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 187 W: 10 N: 38] (121)
  • [2005-09-03 5:22]

Hello Christophe!
Very nice shot.I liked details,POV,lighting and composition very much.Thanks for posting

Hi Christophe

Nice shot. Love the head plumage. Good light and colour. Sharp with good clarity. Nice work. Thanks.

Hello Christophe, This has great sharpness, DOF and colors..What an interesting looking bird! An excellent note - Well done.

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Magnifique ! Depuis le temps que j'essai d'en voir une !! Felicitations, pas facile à approcher généralement cet oiseau.
Nico.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2005-09-03 13:30]

Christophe, this shot is really very nice.

I had never seen it. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Excellent sharpness, great pov and composition. The picture is clear, has great details and lighting.

Congratulations.

Beautiful natural shot - very clear and colorful. Fantastic composition and great details. Superb colors. Well done & TFS!

Bonsoir Christophe,
Interessante capture, je n'en ai jamais vu !!!! il est vraiment magnifique.
Capture chanceuse, de grande qualité.
Merci du partage
Amicalement
Martine

Salut Christophe!
This is a great shot of this unusual bird. I have been lucky enough to have seen a pair in my garden, but did not manage to get such a stunning photo.
Well done
Morag

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