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Swallow


Swallow
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Copyright: Muharrem Karakaya (blackbird) (84)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-05
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Exposure: f/4, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-15 4:07
Viewed: 507
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) is a small migratory passerine bird found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. It has a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is often just called 'Swallow' in Europe, although the term 'swallow' refers more widely to various members of the family Hirundinidae.

The nominate European subspecies H. r. rustica has dark blue-black upperparts, off-white underparts and a small patch of red on the throat, with a broad dark blue-black breast band separating the red throat from the off-white underparts. It breeds in Europe and western Asia, as far north as the Arctic Circle, and migrating to Africa in winter.
The North American subspecies H. r. erythrogaster differs from the European subspecies in having redder underparts and a narrower, often incomplete dark breast band. It breeds throughout North America, migrating to South America in winter.

The Middle Eastern subspecies H. r. transitiva and the resident Egyptian subspecies H. r. savignii also have orange-red underparts, but with a broad dark breast band.

The Asian subspecies H. r. gutturalis, H. r. mandschurica, H. r. saturata, and H. r. tytleri are similar to the North American subspecies, with variably darker orange underparts (pale in gutturalis, darkest, deep orange-red, in saturata) and a narrower dark breast band; they breed in eastern Asia and winter in southern Asia and northern Australia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_Swallow
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Muharrem merhaba,
Güzel bir kare olmuş, ama beyaz bölgeler biraz parlamış sanki. Sanırım kuş epey uzakta idi ve fotoğrafı epey trimlemen gerekti. Aam arkadaki parlak gökyüzüne rağmen başarılı bir çekim olmuş Eline sağlık. Mustafa

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 982 W: 64 N: 1200] (4936)
  • [2007-05-15 6:07]

Hi Muharrem
Marvellous capture with a beautiful composition!
Excellent note too
My compliments and TFS
Greetings
Maite

Muharrem merhaba

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