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Black-headed Bunting


Black-headed Bunting
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Copyright: Fikret Yorgancioglu (fiyo) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 5 N: 2762] (10606)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-04
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D300, Sigma EX 50-500mm f/4-6.3 APO HSM DG
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/60 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-05-06 2:29
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Points: 40
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Black-headed Bunting

Binomial name:
Emberiza melanocephala
Scopoli, 1769

TR name: Karabaşlı çinte


Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum : Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species: E. melanocephala

The Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.

It breeds in southeast Europe east to Iran. It is migratory, wintering in India. It is a rare but regular wanderer to western Europe.

Black-headed Bunting breeds in open scrubby areas including agricultural land. It lays 4-6 eggs in a nest in a tree or bush. Its natural food consists of insects when feeding young, and otherwise seeds.

This bird is 17cm long, larger than Reed Bunting, and long-tailed. The breeding male has bright yellow underparts, chestnut upperparts and a black hood.

The female is a washed-out version of the male, with paler underparts, a grey-brown back and a greyish head. The juvenile is similar, and both can be difficult to separate from the corresponding plumages of the closely related Red-headed Bunting.

The call is a soft zrit, and the song is a jerky zrit..zrit…zrit…srut..srut…srut.

From; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emberiza_melanocephala

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1368 W: 56 N: 4695] (16136)
  • [2009-05-06 2:34]

Hello Fikret,
Excellent sharp-detailed photo of this Bunting. Splendid light and natural colours. Great pose, POV, composition and DOF.
Best regards Siggi

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 15 N: 1566] (6115)
  • [2009-05-06 2:38]

Hello Fikret
Wonderful capture with lovely colors, I hope this year to see this species in my country and maybe to take a picture. Great details and nice composition.
Regards
Razvan

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  • citak (70)
  • [2009-05-06 3:08]

Hocam herzamanki gibi harika elinize sağlık.

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3805 W: 190 N: 11321] (34909)
  • [2009-05-06 3:36]

Merhaba Fikret Bey,
a fine capture of a male Black-headed bunting taken from a great POV with fine sharpness, colours and well composed among the holly-like leaves.
Tebrikler ve tesekkürler,
Ivan

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  • efsus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 435 W: 10 N: 729] (3178)
  • [2009-05-06 4:11]

Fikret Hocam, enfes bir kompozisyonda yakalamışsınız. Bir sizin bilinen kalite eklenince çok keyifli bir kare ortaya çıkmış. Elinize sağlık.

Hüseyin

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 921 W: 0 N: 1985] (8905)
  • [2009-05-06 5:04]

Hi Fikret
Wow beautiful composition.Excelelnt POV and very sharp image.Razor sharp image with excellent plumage detail.Colors are beautiful,I also like your subject pose.
TFS Michel

Hello Fikret,
what a fantastic picture of Black-headed Bunting taken with superb sharpness and marvellous colours, i like the very lovely pose of the bird among the leaves and small branches, very well composed
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2383 W: 94 N: 5492] (17498)
  • [2009-05-06 6:16]

Hello Fikret,
Great sharp photo with very good details. Beautiful clear colours in a lovely environment. The blue in the BG is very pleasant. Excellent POV and composition.
Regards,
Peter

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1129 W: 32 N: 1134] (3500)
  • [2009-05-06 10:45]

Merhaba Fikret Bey,
Harika bir fotograf.Canlı renkler,ışık kullanımı mükemmel olmuş.
TEbrikler,ellerinize sağlık..

Fikret Bey merhaba,
Doğal ortamında nefis bir kare. Elinize sağlık. Teknik bir hatırlatma, melanocephala derkem "m" harfi küçük olmalı.
Selamlar
Mustafa

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2906 W: 34 N: 8606] (32074)
  • [2009-05-06 13:08]

Hi Fikret, This isa beautifu picture of the Black-headed Bunting. Which you have taken with fine detail and bright colours. I like the pose in the tree top with the bird looking out. A very good POV/DOF. well done TFS.
Nick..

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-05-06 16:42]

Hi Fikret,

I would love to see a bird that looked like this flying around my neighborhood. This Black-headed Bunting is beautiful with wonderful colors and excellent details of the head, yellow plumage, and wings. A lovely pose on the top of the bush. Lovely setting and composition.

Jane

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  • Alutka Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 132 W: 42 N: 371] (1580)
  • [2009-05-07 9:29]

Witaj,
wonderful picture, excellent capture, the details are amazing, great POV and composition.. well done
TFS and best wishes
Alina

Hello Fikret,
Very natural composition, with this beautiful bird, quiet on a branch, with a nice blue sky as background. Best regards,
Catherine

Hello Fikret
Superb shot with lovely colors, wonderful clear details
composition, pose, POV, and BG are excellent
Thanks for sharing this beauty
Jacqueline

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3316 W: 149 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2009-05-07 23:37]

What a little beauty he is Fikret. I love the colours - it is a really pretty picture
Janice

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1720 W: 0 N: 3896] (15644)
  • [2009-05-08 2:05]

Hello Fikret,
Amazing fine colors make this bird shot so special. I also like the decentred composition which shows this beautiful yellow bird posed on a kind of Holly-shrub. Very picturesque picture.
Thanks a lot
Kind regards
Anne

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 451 W: 0 N: 975] (8383)
  • [2009-05-09 1:03]

Hi Fikret,

There are a lot of buntings on the site the last days. This one is wonderful. Especially the background is superb. My compliments.

regards,
Zeno.

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 590 W: 0 N: 497] (3004)
  • [2009-05-12 23:06]

Merhaba Fikret !

Güzel makro! Mükemmel renkler.
Açıklama sunulan üst olduğunu.
Iyi günler,
Adrian

Sorry I've missed a lot of your shots,my brother Fikret!
As usual, this is a superb shot, very clear, with a great POV and superb presentation.
Hugs from India!
Goldy

Ciao Fikret, splendid bird agains a fantastic colorful BG, fine details and wonderful sharpness, very well done, have a good Sunday, ciao Silvio

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