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Red-backed Shrike


Red-backed Shrike
Photo Information
Copyright: Edyta Kossowska (Etka) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 91 W: 0 N: 59] (508)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-06-14
Categories: Birds
Camera: Sony Alfa dSLR A100, Sigma 100-300 F4 APO, HOYA HMC SUPER 82mm UV (0)
Exposure: f/4, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-07-01 13:56
Viewed: 914
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Polish]
The Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae.

This bird breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa. Its range is contracting, and it is now probably extinct in Great Britain as a breeding bird, although it is frequent on migration. It is named as a protected bird in Britain under a Biodiversity Action Plan; its decline is due to overuse of pesticides and scrub clearance due to human overpopulation. It breeds in open cultivated country with hawthorn and dog rose.

This 16-18 cm long migratory bird eats large insects, small birds, voles and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder".

The general colour of the male’s upper parts is reddish. It has a grey head and a typical shrike black stripe through the eye. Underparts are tinged pink, and the tail has a black and white pattern similar to that of a wheatear. In the female and young birds the upperparts are brown and vermiculated. Underparts are buff and also vermiculated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-backed_Shrike
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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2007-07-01 20:02]

Hola Edyta. Bella foto de esta Ave. Una especie nueva para mi. Exelente la pose. Tu nota es muy buena. Saņudos desde Mexico. Luis52.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3001 W: 162 N: 989] (2897)
  • [2007-07-02 0:11]

Hello Edyta,
A wonderful composition and an excellent capture of this beautiful bird. Great sharpness and natural colours. I like the soft green background which really sets it off.
TFS and regards, Ulla

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3591 W: 143 N: 5691] (18607)
  • [2007-07-02 1:38]

Hi Edyta.
What a nice picture of this timid beautiful bird. I have taken picture of the same bird with great difficulties. Amazing nature scene and perfect quality of reproduction of the bird and its surroundings. Bravo and best wishes.
Alexei.

Witaj Edyta,
Piekna kompozycja. Taka mila dla oka, cieplutka. Widze troche podswietlone piorka, z czego wnioskuje, ze nie mialas latwego zadania. Gasiorek wyglada bardzo dobrze na oliwkowym tle.
Pozdrawim serdecznie - Roma

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  • Szymon (55)
  • [2007-07-03 1:35]

Czesc!
Ladny Gąsiorek. Fajne ujecie.

Pozdrawiam

kapitalna fotka, piekna sceneria.

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  • koss (150)
  • [2007-11-06 8:21]

Czesc
Sliczny Gasiorek Zdjecie idealnie zgrane kolorystycznie
Pozdro
Jacek

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