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Bird at lunch


Bird at lunch
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Copyright: Koray Yesiladali (Mundoikar) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 32 W: 0 N: 38] (172)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-09-03
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 300D, Canon 100-300mm f5.6 Macro
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/2000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-09-05 8:53
Viewed: 1128
Points: 8
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12740 Küçük Akgerdanlı Ötleğen Sylvia curruca Lesser Whitethroat

This bird is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia.

This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India.

This is a bird of fairly open country and cultivation, with large bushes for nesting and some trees. The nest is built in low shrub or brambles, and 3-7 eggs are laid.

As with most warblers, the sexes are almost identical. This is a small warbler with a grey back, whitish underparts, a grey head with a darker "bandit mask" through the eyes and a white throat. Like most warblers, it is insectivorous, but will also take berries and other soft fruit.

It is slightly smaller than the closely related Whitethroat, and lacks the chestnut wings of that species. It is likely that the two species separated in the last ice age, with their ancestor being forced into two enclaves, one in the south east, which became the Lesser Whitethroat, and one in the south west which became the Whitethroat. When the ice sheets retreated, the two forms no longer recognised each other as the same species.

The Lesser Whitethroat has nine subspecies, of which some has been suggested as species in their own right. Perhaps the best candidate is the small central Asian Sylvia curruca minula, Desert Lesser Whitethroat, with a more sand-coloured back.
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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1488 W: 72 N: 1428] (4748)
  • [2005-09-05 13:03]

Great shot! Lovely pose, well composed and good details. Well exposed also. I would have liked to see a wider DOF though. TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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  • halki Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 249 W: 8 N: 105] (469)
  • [2005-09-05 15:49]

Merhaba Koray Bey!
Keskin detaylar,bakış açın ve saha derinliği mükemmel.Gözlerdeki detayı ve netleğide yadsımak mümkün degil.
Ellerine Sağlık.
Fotoğraflarının devam etmesi dileklerimle...

Hi Koray

Nice close details. Good light and POV. Lovely colours and super sharpness. Wel done. TFS.

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  • twin Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 252 W: 17 N: 494] (3255)
  • [2006-05-28 3:12]

merhaba koray,
böğürtlenler ile harika bir kompozisyon...
eline sağlık...
çok güzel bir fotoğraf...

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