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Copyright: Tjasa Janzekovic (tjasa)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 100 W: 0 N: 84]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (647) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-04-22 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Exposure: f/4, 1/400 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-04-25 16:05 |
| Viewed: 1058 |
| Points: 14 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Passer domesticus
(house sparrow)
Geographic Range:
The House Sparrow is distributed worldwide (excluding the Poles). It is native to Eurasia and North Africa. It was introduced into S. Africa, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and America. Its introduction into North America occured in 1851, when a group of 100 birds from England was released in Brooklyn, New York.
Habitat:
House Sparrows like areas that have been modified by humans, including farms, residential, and urban areas. They are absent from uninhabited woodlands, deserts, forests, and grasslands.
Physical Description:
Mass
28.50 g (average)
(1 oz)
Wingspan
76 mm (average)
(2.99 in)
The House Sparrow is a stout, stocky sparrow, with shorter legs and a thicker bill than indigenous American sparrows. Members of both sexes are brown backed with black streaks throughout this area. Its underside is pale buff. Males have white cheeks and a black bib, while females do not. The tail is usually three-quarters the length of the wing.
Behavior:
House Sparrows tend to forage for food on the ground, using a hopping movement when not in flight. Their flight is direct, with continued flapping and no periods of gliding.
House Sparrows aggressively protect a small teritorry just around their nesting site. This is believed to be strictly a protection of the nest site, and not of any feeding areas. Sparrows have been observed to threaten, and if necessary, attack 70 species of birds that have come into their nesting territory. These attacks seem to be intrasexual, males attack males and females attack only females. |
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- thor68
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 792 W: 138 N: 1312]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
(5642) - [2006-04-25 16:47]
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very nice shot, tjasa! :-)
i really like the composition of the
sparrow on its "resting" place.
good pov and details.
well seen & captured, thor.
PS: it looks like it is a Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus.
Hej Tjasa!
Co to znaczy "excluding the Poles"?
A zdjecie dobrze pokazuje srodowisko, w ktorym zyja te ptaszki.
Pozdrawiam_Roma
Great shot for a great composition Tjasa.
All the elemrnts of this shot are superb and the colors and details are excellent.
Good POV and BG.
P.S. Love the Frame
TFS!!!!
Regards
JC
Bonsoir Tjasa
Belle et intéressante composition de ce bel oiseau . Jolies couleurs et bon cadrage et les détails sont vraiment intéressants.
Merci et au revoir....JP
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- manyee
(21044)
- [2006-04-26 0:59]
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I really like the composition, Tjasa.
Interesting collection of fences and wires... and that little bird.
TFS. : )
Lovely shot of this common bird.
Well done.
Andrea
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- EOSF1
(23469)
- [2006-05-04 22:22]
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Well done on the composition Tjasa, I really like the wood and the metal parts in the background. Thanks for sharing.
Mario
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Hola Tjasa.que gracia tiene el conjunto. Buen enfoque.Gracias.