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Blackbird (f)


Blackbird (f)
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Copyright: Gary Martin (tirc83) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 11 W: 0 N: 28] (675)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-27
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 20D, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM
Exposure: f/8, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-04-26 13:52
Viewed: 739
Points: 2
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Blackbird - Turdus merula
AKA: Common blackbird
The males live up to their name but, confusingly, females are brown often with spots and streaks on their breasts. The bright orange-yellow beak and eye-ring make adult male blackbirds one of the most striking garden birds. One of the commonest UK birds, its mellow song is also a favourite.

Where does it live?
Breeding
Blackbirds are birds of woodland and heaths which have readily adapted to farmland and gardens. They like areas with bushes, shrubs and trees, and nearby open ground and short grass.
Wintering
Blackbirds which come here for the winter like suitable cover for roosting - shrubs and trees - with feeding areas nearby. Often found along berry-bearing hedges and in open fields.
Where to see it
Found everywhere in gardens and countryside and from coasts to hills, although not on the highest peaks.
What does it eat?
Insects, worms and berries.
What does it sound like?
A mellow, fluty song. Calls include 'chink, chink' and a clattering, ringing alarm phrase.

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Nice capture of this female Gary, good detail and DoF with a nice low perspective, obviously been poking around in the mud, looking at that beak.

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