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RED BACKED SHRIKE FEMALE


RED BACKED SHRIKE FEMALE
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Copyright: Marius Secan (marius-secan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 203 W: 0 N: 463] (1575)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D300, Sigma APO 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-24 11:21
Viewed: 313
Points: 10
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RED BACKED SHRIKE-FEMALE (LANIUS COLLURIO)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

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. It breeds in open cultivated country with hawthorn and dog rose.

This 16-18 cm (approx. 6.3-7.1 inches) long migratory bird eats large insects, small birds, frogs, rodents 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.
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  • horias Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 387 W: 59 N: 854] (3950)
  • [2009-08-24 11:28]

Mrius,
Probabil una din cele mai reusite capturi.
Pe langa modul in care este redata pasarea, fundalul pare desenat..este perfect!
Sincere felicitari!
Horia

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 15 N: 1607] (6263)
  • [2009-08-24 11:30]

Buna
La fel ca si poza precedenta, este perfecta, ca o pictura. Printre cele mai bune imagini cu aceasta specie pe care le-am vazut.
Numai bine
Razvan

you have a great set of shrike pictures, all very skillfully taken, well done and keep sharing

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 609 W: 0 N: 541] (3164)
  • [2009-08-24 12:30]

Salut Marius,
foarte frumoasa captura. Excelent redata. Si Horia si Razvan au mare dreptate si ma alatur si eu lor.
Asteptam si alte asemenea poze numai bune de pus in rama !
O seara frumoasa,
Adrian

Hi Marius

Excellent shot of this female shrike
Excellent pose and composition
Great background
Excellent sharpness and plumage details

Chris

Hello Marius,
i like your pictures of birds and this one is fantastic, superb sharpness and wonderful colours, a very pleasing composition with the eye contact and a marvellous OOF BG
TFS
best regards
Maurizio

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