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Red-backed Shrike


Red-backed Shrike
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Copyright: Mehmet Ozcan (meo) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 46 W: 5 N: 106] (654)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08-29
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/8, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-18 11:55
Viewed: 217
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
TR: Kızılsırtlı Örümcekkuşu

This bird breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa.

This 16-18 cm (approx. 6.3-7.1 inches) long migratory bird eats large insects, small birds, frogs, rodents and lizards.

When hunting, shrikes sit in prominent positions such as on fence posts in order to spot potential prey. They take a range of prey and use a variety of hunting methods. They swiftly drop onto beetles and other invertebrates dwelling on the ground, but can also chase after flying insects and catch them on the wing. Small birds, mammals, lizards and frogs are also taken, and are killed with a sharp peck to the back of the head. Prey items are often impaled on thorns in order to build up a food supply for periods of bad weather. These 'larders' have earned the species the name 'butcher bird', and according to superstition the red-backed shrike only feeds when it has killed nine creatures.
The general colour of the male’s upper parts is reddish. It has a grey head and a typical shrike black stripe through the eye. Underparts are tinged pink, and the tail has a black and white pattern similar to that of a wheatear. In the female and young birds the upperparts are brown and vermiculated. Underparts are buff and also vermiculated.
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  • bedri Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 61 W: 0 N: 77] (514)
  • [2009-09-18 12:09]

Enfes olmuş Mehmet hocam, ellerinize sağlık..
Hayırlı bayramlar diliyorum, sevgi ve selamlarımla..

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 657 W: 15 N: 1636] (6365)
  • [2009-09-18 12:52]

Hello Mehmet
Perfect capture with very sharp details and wonderful colors
Regards
Razvan

hay maşallah diyeyim de nazar değmesin:) rizede güneş.
renkler cıvıl cıvıl ve ışık-pozlama nefis. netlik ve açı da öyle. model de pek fotojenik. eline sağlık hemşehrim.
senin ve ailenin mübarek bayramlarını kutlar; sağlık-huzur içinde nice güzel bayramlar dilerim. selamlar.

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2009-09-18 23:56]

Hello Mehmet !
This bird is not as colorful as some other birds on TN, but he's still very beautiful ! I really like the pose in which you have captured him, just as much as I like the details, the lovely blurred BG, the colors, the vertical composition. Very well done !
Valérie.

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