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Great Tit-I
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Copyright: volkan pek (volkan) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 427 W: 16 N: 1047] (6286)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-17
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D70s, AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor ED 70-300mm F4.5-5.6
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-02-17 10:25
Viewed: 432
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Paridae

Genus: Parus

Species: P. major


Binomial name
Parus major

The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe and Asia in any sort of woodland. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate.

It is an easy tit to recognise, large in size at 14 cm, with a broad black line (broader in the male) down its otherwise yellow front. The neck and head are black with white cheeks and ear coverts. Upperparts are olive. It has a white wingbar and outer tail feathers. In young birds the black is replaced by brown, and the white by yellow.

There are many races of this widespread species, but they fall into three groups. Birds in temperate Europe and Asia are essentially green above and yellow below. Great Tits in China, Japan and southeastern Russia are green above and white or yellow-tinged white below, and birds in India and southeast Asia are grey above and whitish below.

It is, like other tits, a vocal bird, and has a large variety of calls, of which the most familiar is a "teacher, teacher", also likened to a squeaky wheelbarrow wheel. Interestingly, the birds from the two south Asian groups of races do not recognise the calls of the temperate Great Tits, and they may be a separate species.

Any hole will do for a nest, and it will readily take to nest boxes. The number in the clutch is often very large, but seven or eight white eggs, spotted red, are normal, with bigger clutches being laid by two or even more hens. The bird is a close sitter, hissing when disturbed.

Like other tits, its food is insects, especially caterpillars when feeding young, and seeds. In England, Great Tits learned to break open the foil caps sealing bottles of milk that had been delivered to homes to get at the cream floating on top. This is a common and popular European garden bird, due to its acrobatic performances when feeding on nuts or seed. It will join winter tit flocks with other species
ref:Wikipedia
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hello volgan
la mésange, je pense qu'on la trouve dans tout les pays !!
elle est tres jolie, bravo et merci
edith

Hello Volkan,
I guess the image is a little dark.
Other than that, it is a good perspective -- looking up the tree from the ground level.
DOF is reasonable and the colours are natural.
Ram

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3043 W: 148 N: 4547] (14679)
  • [2007-02-17 13:55]

Hi Volkan.
Very nice composed and well detailed picture of this cute tit. POV and DOF are selected nicely. May be contrast would be better to improve. Note is perfect. Well done and TFS.
Alexei.

Bonjour Volkan
Belle présentation et belle prise de vue de cette belle mésange , les couleurs et la nettetée sont très bonnes, belle composition et beau BG.
Au revoir et félicitation !bon week end ....JP

Merhaba Volkan, a nice capture slightly underexposed but maybe you could adjust the levels if you shot in raw if the detail is there. TFS selamlar Necip

Hello Volkan,
This is a nice image but I also think it is a little dark. I tried a WS and didn't succeed as trying to highlight it created too much noise. I like this POV, details and pose the bird. This is a nice capture of this cute bird anyway :) Thanks,
Claudine

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1264 W: 78 N: 874] (7918)
  • [2007-02-19 12:21]

selam pek
bu guzel ve de hizli kusu bu isik sartlarinda yine de iyi yakalamissin. kompozisyon, bakis acisi, renkler, bilgi notu ve cercevesi basarili bir calisma. flsah kullanimi faydali olmus bence.
selamlar
izler

hi there Volkan

good capture except its contrast.. wish to have a photo safari soon .. take care ..

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