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Red-backed Shrike / Lanius collurio


Red-backed Shrike / Lanius collurio
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Copyright: Bedri Kalemci (bedri) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 52 W: 0 N: 73] (470)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-14
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D300, Sigma APO 500mm f/4.5 EX DG HSM
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/4000 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-23 11:51
Viewed: 242
Points: 20
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Kızılsırtlı örümcekkuşu / Red-backed Shrike / Lanius collurio

The end of the road for grasshopper..


The Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae.

This bird breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa. Its range is contracting, and it is now probably extinct in Great Britain as a breeding bird, although it is frequent on migration. It is named as a protected bird in Britain under a Biodiversity Action Plan. It breeds in open cultivated country with hawthorn and dog rose.

This 16-18 cm (approx. 6.3-7.1 inches) long migratory bird eats large insects, small birds, frogs, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder".

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.

English common names for the red-backed shrike include 'Wariangle' and 'worrier'.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2904 W: 34 N: 8600] (32056)
  • [2009-09-23 12:04]

Hi Bedri. A fine picture of the Red-backed Shrike with some food in its mouth. I like the way the light is catching the eye and giving warm colurs to the feathers. Which you have taken with fine deatail. well done TFS.
NIck..

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  • volkan Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 463 W: 10 N: 2] (1030)
  • [2009-09-23 12:08]

Selam Bedri hocam,
bonusuyla çok güzel bir kare olmuş..
emeğinize sağlık..

Yeniden Selam Bedri Bey,
Avlanma stratejisine hayran olduğum bu dilberi tam da ağzında avı ile yakalamışsınız.
Çok güzel. Buna benzer bir Kareyi Ağrıda çekmiştim ben de.
Emeğinize sağlık.

Bayram

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  • cirano Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 651 W: 0 N: 228] (4872)
  • [2009-09-23 14:15]

Bedri merhaba,
Hoş bir poz ve kompozisyon içinde son derece güzel bir kare olmuş.Teknik ayrıntıya diyecek yok zaten.Her yönüyle ustaca.Tebrik ediyorum.

wonderful shot!! Perfect capture in the mouth...really good job!
impressive!
greetings, Matteo

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2380 W: 94 N: 5487] (17484)
  • [2009-09-24 9:03]

Hello Bedri,
Great photo of this Red-backed Shrike with the Grasshopper in its beak. Excellent sharpness, frontal POV and natural colours. Beautiful blue sky as contrasting BG.
Regards,
Peter

Selamlar bedri bey,
elinize sağlık.
harika bir çalışma olmuş.
özellikle avlarını dikene batırarak ölmelerini beklemelerini çok ilginç buluyorum.
En güzel dileklerimle hoşcakalın.

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  • KOMSIS Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 232 W: 0 N: 567] (1943)
  • [2009-09-24 11:54]

Bedri bey selamlar,
Beslenme anı ve yeşil çekirgenin sonu ...
Başarılı bir kompozisyon.Renk ve detaylar oldukça güzel.
Emeğinize sağlık,
Seyfi

Hi Bedri,
Good capture of this Lanius collurio, excellent POV and BG.
TFS. Ferran

Merhaba Bedri Bey..
Muhteşem bir an. Kompozisyon harika.
Elinize sağlık...
Özgür

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