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Golden Oriole


Golden Oriole
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Copyright: Fikret Yorgancioglu (fiyo) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 924 W: 5 N: 2245] (8266)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-13
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D70, Sigma EX 50-500mm f/4-6.3 APO HSM DG
Exposure: f/8, 1/320 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Alex99 favorite photos [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-03-10 15:39
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Golden Oriole

Tr Name: Sarıasma

Binomial name
Oriolus oriolus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific classification :
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species: O. Oriolus



The Golden Oriole or European (or Eurasian) Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus, is the only member of the oriole family of passerine birds to breed in northern hemisphere temperate regions. It is a summer migrant to Europe and western Asia, wintering in the tropics.


Female in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Oriolus oriolus
adult and juvenile males
Engraving of Golden OrioleIt is a bird of tall deciduous trees in woodland, orchards or parks. The tiny British population breeds in commercial Black poplar plantations, notably at the RSPB Lakenheath Fen nature reserve, where a watchpoint is operated during nesting.

The neat nest is built in a fork in a tree, and contains 3-6 eggs. The food is insects and fruit, found in the tree canopies where the orioles spend much of their time.

The male is striking in the typical oriole black and yellow plumage, but the female is a drabber green bird. Orioles are shy, and even the male is remarkably difficult to see in the dappled yellow and green leaves of the canopy.

The flight is somewhat like a thrush, strong and direct with some shallow dips over longer distances.

The call is a screech like a jay, but the song is a beautiful fluting weela-wee-ooo or or-iii-ole, unmistakable once heard.

The name "oriole" was first used in English in the 18th century, and is an application of the scientific Latin genus name, which is ultimately from the Classical Latin "aureolus" golden. Various forms of "oriole" have existed in Romance languages since the 12th and 13th centuries.[2] Albertus Magnus used the Latin form oriolus in about 1250, and stated, erroneously, that it was onomatopoeic, from the song of the Golden Oriole.

The New World orioles are similar in appearance to the Oriolidae, but are icterids unrelated to the Old World birds.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriolus_oriolus

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Merhaba Fikret,
Excellent portrait of this g. oriole!
I like a lot the proper focus and beautiful details got all over.
So good you could approach so close to the bird.
Congratulations and thanks for share.
My best regards,
JM

merhaba Fikret Bey,
bayılıyorum bu türe. o kadar güzel ki. hele böylesine nefis bir çekimle daha da bir güzel.
harika detaylar, mükemmel netlik ve kompozisyon. açısı ve göz teması çok güzel. elinize sağlık, selamlar.
not: bu haftasonu nihayet görüşebileceğiz.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1691 W: 8 N: 4340] (14113)
  • [2008-03-10 16:34]

Hi Fikret,

Another of your wonderful bird pictures! This Oriole is just beautiful - I'd love to see one in real life. I love that plummage. Beautiful colors and superb details of the face, wings and plummage. Excellent composition on the horizontal branch with the great background.

Jane

Hi Friket,

Excellent shot of this bird witch i have never seen before
Lovely compo, POV, colors and pose
perfect sharp details and DOF

TFS Thijs

Hello Fikret,
Beautiful shot of the Golden Oriole. Amazing sharpness and details. I think this is the first time I am coming across such close clear shot.Excellent POV. Nice blurrred background and well saturated colours. Nice pose captured.
TFS & Regards,
Smitha.
Is it female or juvenile?

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2308 W: 59 N: 3689] (11822)
  • [2008-03-11 2:04]

Fikret Bey,
Cok guzel, tebrik ederim
Selamlar, sevgiler

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1589 W: 242 N: 5308] (18683)
  • [2008-03-11 2:44]

What a beauty!
I love how the yellow colouring merges so perfectly with the white.
Exceptional detail in the plumage and great sharpness.
Nice BG-blurring DOF and pin-point focusing.
Excellent composition as well.
Thanks for sharing this,

Joe

Yine her bakımdan mükemmel bir çekim Fikret Bey, zaten hep böyle oluyor dostum! Bize de söyleyecek pek birşey kalmıyor...
Sevgilerimle,
Mehmet

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1117 W: 0 N: 1837] (7858)
  • [2008-03-11 5:38]

Hello Fikret,
Excellent sharp shot of this beautiful Oriole. Good pose, amazing blueish feet. I never have seen this bird here and I wonder if it lives in our regions. I will have a look in the internet.
Take care
Anne

Fikret,
Again an excellent shot!Very sharp, and I love the exposure and the frame.
Very well done, indeed!
Thank you,
Goldy

Hiç beyazlı görmediydim böyle fotolanmış halde. elinize kolunuz sağlık

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2008-03-11 6:13]

Hello Fikret,
this is a gorgeous close up, very nice pose with a nice profile showing.
Such rich colors and excellent details. The lighting is beautiful and brings out the details in the plumage very well.
Very nice work.
TFS..Sky

Fikret Bey Herzamanki gibi nefis bir poz. Sarıasmanın bundan daha güzel bir bir karesini hiç görmemiştim. Elinize sağlık.
Sağlıcakla...
Bayram

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1015 W: 5 N: 2759] (10010)
  • [2008-03-11 8:22]

Hola Fikret.
Wow. Hermosa y fina foto llena de bellos detalles, y alta nitidez. Finos colores y muy bonita la pose. Interesante la nota escrita tambien.
Saludos
Luis52.

hi fikret!
A very fine bird you captured with
good sharpness and fine exposure
nice background to
well done!

Splendida immagine, eccellente composizione, superbi dettagli del piumaggio e magnifici colori. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

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  • marcin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 126 W: 0 N: 155] (1371)
  • [2008-03-11 11:51]

hello Fikret
wonderful bird pictures, congratulations.
My best regards,
Marcin

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  • cako Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 353 W: 0 N: 317] (1781)
  • [2008-03-11 12:48]

Merhaba Fikret bey enfes bir güzellik yakalamışsınız ellerinize sağlık.

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1116 W: 59 N: 2259] (7487)
  • [2008-03-11 13:36]

Hello Fikret,
What an amazing photo! Sharpness, details and vivid colours are perfect! Excellent composition, OOF BG, POV and DOF. Top!!!
Regards,
Peter

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1683 W: 24 N: 4905] (15988)
  • [2008-03-12 0:36]

Hi Fikret,
Outstanding shot of this cute and charming Golden Oriole with such amazing crispy details and lovely colours on its plumage. Superb lighting and exposure and you have captured a fabulous pose here. Excellent DOF, POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • lgfoto Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 198 W: 15 N: 285] (1464)
  • [2008-03-12 14:28]

Very good visibility of details and sharp drawing with good composition Fikret.TFS

Hi Fikret,

Excellent photo of a beautiful bird. I like the sharpness and the details.

TFS

Wei

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2991 W: 148 N: 4435] (14369)
  • [2008-03-16 11:12]

Hi Fikret.
All your pictures simply outstanding. This one is not exception. All is brilliant especially I am amazed with feather and colour reproduction. My congratulations.
Alexei.

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