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Great tit (Parus major)


Great tit (Parus major)
Photo Information
Copyright: Adrian Szatewicz (aes_thor) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 170 W: 32 N: 463] (1903)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-18
Categories: Birds
Camera: Fuji Finepix S20 Pro, Fujinon 6x zoom
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/280 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-15 3:44
Viewed: 431
Points: 18
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Hi all,

winter shot showing male of Great tit resting in sun light next to small path leads to Lake Czarne (Black lake;) ) near Mragowo, Poland. Very common but beautifull bird, the biggest of European tits, law protected in Poland.

Cropped, about 50% from original, then just framed, resized and sharpened for TN.

Some species information below, from Wikipedia:


The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe and Asia in any sort of woodland. It is resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate.

Great Tits are easy to recognize, large in size at 14 cm, with a broad black line (broader in the male) down its otherwise yellow front. The neck and head are black with white cheeks and ear coverts. Upper parts are olive. It has a white wingbar and outer tail feathers. In young birds the black is replaced by brown, and the white by yellow.

Great Tits come in many races, but they fall into three groups. Great Tits in temperate Europe and Asia are essentially green above and yellow below. Great Tits in China, Korea, Japan and southeastern Russia are green above and white or yellow-tinged white below, and birds in India and south-east Asia are grey above and whitish below.

It is, like other tits, a vocal bird, and has a large variety of calls, of which the most familiar is a "teacher, teacher", also likened to a squeaky wheelbarrow wheel. In the 1st Movement of Bruckner's 4th Symphony several Great Tit songs are strung together in a very realistic manner. Interestingly, Great Tits from the two south Asian groups of races do not recognize the calls of the temperate Great Tits, and they may be a separate species.

Any hole will do for a nest, and it will readily take to nest boxes. The number in the clutch is often very large, but seven or eight white spotted red eggs are normal, with bigger clutches being laid by two or even more hens. The bird is a close sitter, hissing when disturbed.

The nestlings are unusual for altricial birds in having plumage coloured with carotenoids similarly to their parents. In most species it is dun-coloured to avoid predation. The nape is yellow and attracts the attention of the parents by its ultraviolet reflectance. This may be to make them easier to find in low light or a signal of fitness to win the parents' attention. This patch turns white after the first moult at an age of two months, and diminishes in size as the bird grows.[1]

Great Tits are primarily insectivores. They prefer protein rich caterpillars during breeding season to feed their young.[2] A study published in 2007 found that Great Tits helped to reduce caterpillar damage in apple orchards by 50%.[1] In England, Great Tits learned to break the foil caps sealing bottles of milk that had been delivered to homes to obtain the cream floating on top.

The bird is popular in the garden due to its acrobatic performances when feeding on nuts or seed. It will join winter tit flocks with other species.



Thank You for watching, have a nice day to all.
cheers!
PaulH, boreocypriensis, red45, jconceicao, nglen, CeltickRanger has marked this note useful
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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1064 W: 26 N: 3195] (11455)
  • [2008-07-15 3:55]

Hi Adrain,
superb shot of this Great Tit, i love the colours and light here. Good DOF also with lovely detail and a fine POV. The criss cross of branches makes a for lovely setting too - well done.
Paul

Hello Adrian,
A glorious shot of a male of Great tit showing its winter colouration with great details in a wonderful POV. TFS.
Cheers,
Bayram

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2816 W: 75 N: 7976] (26969)
  • [2008-07-15 4:36]

Czesc Adrian!

Sympatyczne zdjecie sikorki. Zolty brzuszek pasuje bardzo ladnie do niebieskiego nieba. Pozycja do 'strzalu' raczej trudna, ale efekt wart zachodu. Troche tylko szkoda tych wchodzacych w kadr galazek na pierwszym planie.

Hi Adrain,
Terrific capture!! Well seen and taken..
Enjoyed your notes --------interesting.. TFS.

Best regards,
Jane

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  • rafalm (14)
  • [2008-07-15 9:27]
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Cześć Adrian
podoba mi się kontrast,ostrość oraz temat - wszystko jest ok!Jak udało się podejść tak blisko?kiedyś próbowałem podejść blisko ale było po ptakach..Serdecznie pozdrawiam Rafał

Hello Adrian,

Great shot.Beautiful colours with excellent ligth,sharpness and composition.

Hello Adrian
This is a fine capture of the Great Tit from one of the hardest angles of all to shoot from...The dof is spot on giving lovely sharp details and the all important sharp eye...Very impressive capture.
All the Best
Paul

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2124 W: 9 N: 5953] (22504)
  • [2008-07-15 13:03]

Hi Adrian. A very fine close up of this Great tit. which you have captured with fine detail and natural colours. a fine pose from under the birs. good use of the light to give a shine in the eye. well done TFs.
Nick..

hello Adrian

excellent shot of this Great tit, fine POV that in French
we say « en contre-plongé » (translation can be againts diving),
also fine DOF and framing, beautiful luminosity and excellent
sharpness and details of the image, and the beautiful
catch-light at the eye that change completaly the aspect
of the image by improving it, TFS

Asbed

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