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Magpie & Hooded Crow


Magpie & Hooded Crow
Photo Information
Copyright: Anghel Eliz (eliz) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 167 W: 22 N: 269] (1535)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM, RAW ISO 200
Exposure: f/8, 1/350 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): My B.I.F.`s [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-12-19 14:41
Viewed: 689
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A Magpie chasing a Hooded Crow. They are smaller but they are more aggressive.
I have also seen magpies chasing other kind of birds: Kestrels, Buzzards.
But i have seen only one species that chase the magpies. The strange thing that species is smaller in size then the magpies.
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SPECIES:
Pica Pica (lat.) // European Magpie (en.) // Cotofana (ro.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_pica

Corvus cornix (lat.) // Hooded Crow (en.) // Cioara griva (ro.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_cornix

@edit: thank you for bring to my attention that i have mistaken the translation of the species name in english. first time it was "Rook". i will always put the wikipedia link from now on.
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To cuckooroller: indeedeliz 1 12-19 22:59
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Hi Anghel,
Are you sure it is not a Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)?

Hello anghel,
una captura muy buena de lo que parecen dos especies Pica pica como comentas i Corvus cornix como comenta cuckooroller.
TFS.
Ferran

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  • Ferret (0)
  • [2008-12-19 16:23]

I like the way you have kept the shutter speed slow enough to keep some movement in the wings while keeping the body’s sharp, well done.

By the way the bird being chased is a Hooded Crow Corvus cornix

Ferret

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 15 N: 1607] (6263)
  • [2008-12-19 23:15]

Salut Eliz
Imi place poza, ai surprins aceste doua specii in actiune, culorile sunt frumoase si imaginea foarte clara.
Numai bine.
Razvan Zinica

Hi Anghel,
Not one but two inflight, hard to do this well.
Especially the smaller birds like this.
Great detail & DOF, and I like the POV of the action here :)
Happy Holidays!
Howard

imi place mult compozitia si pozitia pasarilor pe care le-ai surprins, in rest imaginea este clara iar fundalul uniform!

excelent shot.

Hi Anghel, great two-in-one capture with excellent details, splendid nnatural colours and fine composition.
TFS this beautiful image.
Have a nice weekend!
Bayram

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