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Young Robin


Young Robin
Photo Information
Copyright: Vicky Adams (Vicky) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 56 W: 0 N: 94] (468)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-07-18
Categories: Birds
Camera: Fuji Finepix S7000, Fujinon 6x zoom
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/169 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Robins, Rouge-gorge / Robin (part. 1) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-07-19 5:05
Viewed: 1138
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This young Robin (erithacus rubecula) was very co-operative and posed for me while he perched in the tree. I thought he was a juvenile because of his ruffled feathers, but juvenile Robins have speckled buff-brown upper and underparts. They have no red feathers so that adult birds do not attack them in territorial disputes. The speckled feathers are lost in a partial moult when the bird is about 2-3 months old....Maybe that is the stage that this one had reached...

The robin is a plump bird with bright red breast, throat and cheeks edged with grey, a white tummy and olive brown upper parts.

The robin's diet is principally insects and worms which it will normally catch by swooping, snatching its prey on the ground after watching for movement from a perch above.

The nest is made from grass, moss and dead leaves lined with hair and wool and usually in a hole in a tree stump, bank or wall.

The smooth, non-glossy eggs are white or pale blue with reddish spots and about 20mm by 15mm. Incubation is by the female only. The young are fed by both parents.

Cropped and sharpened in Picasa2.

I posted a shot of the same bird in TrekEarth yesterday, but this time he was sitting on the fence!
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  • sway Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 316 W: 88 N: 308] (1212)
  • [2005-07-19 5:09]

Great photo,
I like the diagonal branch the bird is sitting on.
Nice focus.
Good composition.
Good DOF.
:)

fantastic shot Vicky,
great capture, very good in pov, good composition, very nice dof and good colours, very good job,
gr. Jaap

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  • Kris Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 193 W: 0 N: 129] (1808)
  • [2005-07-19 17:08]

Very good colours, details and composition. The exposure and background are also very good.
Well done.
Regards, Krzysztof.

Very nice picture, Vicky.
I like the composition and the POV. Good details and nice colours. It's some noise in the BG, just a minor nit.
Well done.

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1592 W: 32 N: 1361] (3978)
  • [2005-07-20 2:30]

Hello Vicky,
A very nice capture.
Excellent composition,nice sharp detail and great DOF.
Good work,well done.

TFS

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