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Corn bunting


Corn bunting
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Copyright: Seyed Babak Musavi (babak) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 48 W: 0 N: 180] (890)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-17
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 30 D, SIGMA 500mm f/4,5 APO DG EX
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-28 10:53
Viewed: 839
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I have taken this shot in South of Iran .The Corn Bunting, Miliaria calandra, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It is the sole member of the genus Miliaria, although a few authorities place it in the large genus Emberiza.

It breeds across southern and central Europe, north Africa and Asia across to Mongolia. It is mainly resident, but some birds from colder regions of central Europe and Asia migrate southwards in winter.

The Corn Bunting is a bird of open country with trees, such as farmland and weedy wasteland. It has declined greatly in northwest Europe due to intensive agricultural practices depriving it of its food supply of weed seeds and insects, the latter especially when feeding young.

This is an unusual bunting because the sexes appear similar in plumage, although the males are approximately 20% larger than females. This large bulky bunting is 16-19cm long, has male and female plumages similar, and lacks the showy male colours, especially on the head, common in the genus Emberiza. Both sexes look something like larks, with streaked grey-brown above, and whitish underparts.Males defend territories in the breeding season and can be polygynous, with up to three females per breeding male. The population sex ratio is generally 1:1, which means some males remain unmated during a season. Males play only a small role in parental care; they are not involved in nest building or incubation, and only feed the chicks when they are over half grown.
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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 737 W: 0 N: 1497] (6754)
  • [2007-05-28 11:16]

Hello
Nice capture.Very nice composition with beautiful colors.THe image is sharp and your BG is perfect.
TFS Michel

Extremely beautiful bird image Seyed.
Fantastic yellow color tones surrounding the Corn Bunting.
The bird does stand out against those yellows in a great way.
Superb work. Best regards, Harry

Wow, beautiful colors and perfect framing. This is a lovely shot. Thank you for the good notes, too.

A friend of mine introduced me to the name LBB's -- Little Brown Birds -- for all those little brown fellows which, at a glance, look so similar.

Hello Seyed , excellent colors and comp. also sharpness , TFS.

Precioso color y POV

Hello Seyed,
This is such a beautiful shot! The bird is sharp and detailed whilst being set against a wonderful, golden backcloth! You couldn't have arranged the colours better if you had painted them!
Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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  • pvb Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 377 W: 20 N: 517] (1803)
  • [2007-05-28 16:38]

Hi Seyed.
This is a very happy picture. The yellow flowers makes this rainy day ok again, I can almost feel the sun. The nice bird stands out agains te bg. Nice composition and good focus and sharpness.
TFS Paula

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2007-05-29 5:05]

Hello Sayed,
Lovely capture.Blurred and yellow BG is amazing.POV,eye contact,lighting and visual impact are excellent.
TFS..:-)

hi babak
perfect, beautiful shot.
well done.
thanks

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