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Black Stork
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Copyright: Sochirca Dan (deud)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 500 W: 2 N: 466]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2121) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2004-09-12 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Olympus Camedia C-765 UZ |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2004-09-27 4:46 |
| Viewed: 1334 |
| Points: 14 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The black Stork
( Ciconia nigra nigra )
Identification: adults: big wader with superior parts (head, neck, breast, back and wings) shining black with iridiscent reflections. The rest of the plumage is pure white. Red beak and feet. When in full flight, you see that the underside of the wings is black with a white triangle at the base of the wing. Neck tensed in flight. Youngsters: the dark parts are brown-blackish, beak and feet are first yellow (when in the nest), become beige-pinkish when they take flight (+/- 3 months). The one year old bird looks like the adult but in a more colourless way.
The fishes (of maximum 20 cm long) constitute, in terms of weight, the main part of the diet. The batracians are the other main component; micromammals, reptiles, shellfish and insects complete the diet.
nlike the white Stork, which is a bird from the countryside and the steppes, the black Stork is above all a forest species. They settle in old quiet forests where the nest is placed on a big tree, often near an open space ( slopes, clear forests), which allows them an easy access. Their hunting field consists of streams and small rivers, of marshy ponds, of meadows with low vegetation. Couples are always several kilometers apart from one another; the highest densities are of 8 couples/100 km2 in Eastern Europe.
* Reproductive system: monogamous, the couples seem to be faithful.
* Territoriality: there is always one of the adults present in the nest (or near), till the youngsters are about two weeks old. The couple defends the nest and its surroundings. The hunting zone extends within a radius of 5-10 km around it.
* Location and characteristics of the nest: voluminous nest, can reach 1,5 m of diameter and 1m width. It is placed on a thick side branch or on a strong fork of a big tree, at 12-25 m high, mostly an oak, sometimes a beech. The nest is constructed by the two adults; they can sometimes use a former raptor nest. The same nest can be faithfully reoccupied several years in a row if the place is quiet.
* Laying and productivity: 3-5 eggs (extremes 2-6), laid at an interval of 2 days; one brood a year (e. g. in the Walloon region (Belgium), generally 3-4 youngsters take flight, once they were even 5) .
* Brooding: 35-38 days, by the two sexes, starting with the first or the second egg.
* Rearing of the youngsters: 63-71 days in the nest, then 1-2 weeks in its close surroundings, notably on the ground.
* Sexual maturity: 3 years.
* Longevity: insufficient information, probably more than 20 years. |
japie, carper, gerhardt, marhowie, RAP, ellis49, PDP has marked this note useful
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- japie
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
(5187) - [2004-09-27 5:41]
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You like to be adventurous i see:) You are trying to marry light and dark and you will shortly have a divorce on your hands. Your blacks have good detail on it and the sharpness good. Having the blacks in will cause the whites and brights to be out, you do not have a choice in this and this is what happened here. You do however have good detail on your subject and that is the main thing. Your note on the other side is superb. Thanks for posting.
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- carper
(8208)
- [2004-09-27 6:33]
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Very nice one Sochirca,
I really like the colours, the good head and the fantastic cropping, very good dof, great job
Sochirca, as Japie said you did very well on the blacks. The details shows nicely and the shiny (couldn't spell irridesence, :))feathers portrayed brilliantly. The beak is just dropping ou tof focus but it's still a very nice capture. Ace note too.
Sochirca, I Like the detail in your storks head, feathers & eye. Very good informative note. We can't always pick the background in the shot & this backdrop detracts just a little from your bird. Don't know how many times I've had an otherwise great shot compromised because the background was over-exposed. Still a nice photo!
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- RAP
(7405)
- [2004-09-27 9:18]
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Hermoso retrato, con una atinada agudeza y detalle de las plumas.
Buen DOF y POV.
Excelente nota complementaria.
Beautiful portrait, with an accurate sharpness and detail of the pens.
Good DOF and POV.
Excellent complementary note.
Very good Sochirca.
Great exposure on the bird , good colours, very sharp and very good DOF.
Good note too.
Great job.
Well done.
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- PDP
(11755)
- [2004-09-27 16:43]
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Sochirca, it's an excellent picture and I appreciate the effort you put into the note. As for the picture - I couldn't put it better than Japie already has.
Well done.
