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Where's Waldo?


Where's Waldo?
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Copyright: Donald Lapointe (hibou) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 197 W: 1 N: 348] (1537)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D100, Sigma 50-500 F/4-6.3 EX HSM
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-10-19 16:51
Viewed: 676
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
The title for this picture would need to be adapted for all TN friends
Where's Waldo? in North America
Où est Charlie? in France and Québec
Where's Wally? in UK
Where's Walter? in Germany
Where's Holger? in Denmark
Where's Willy? in Norway

In the first picture at left we could see the Brown Creeper on is back …
in the second picture at right we see it on is side …


Brown Creeper has streaked brown plumage, providing very good camouflage. Its mottled feathers make it indistinguishable when on the bark, see the left picture.

Long, stiff tail is reddish-brown and used as a prop.

Male and female look alike, but male is slightly larger with longer bill.

Brown Creeper is resident in most of its range, but northern populations migrate south for the winter, except in high mountains regions.

The bird starts at the base of the tree, following a spiral course upwards, and encircling the trunk several times on its way to the top. Once the bird is high up in the tree, it flies down to the base of another tree and repeats its ascension.

Brown Creeper's populations are listed as endangered or threatened in several states. They are threatened by habitat loss and degradation of their breeding range, and disappearance of large wooded areas.

Size : 4-6 inches
Wingspan 7-8 inches
Weight: 0.16-0.32 once
Longevity : 4 years

http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/passeriformes/brown.creeper.html
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Interesting to see how it blends so well with the bark.

Superbe montage qui montre bien ce petit oiseau qui est difficile à voir sur les arbre, il se cachetrès bien, belles couleurs naturelles.
Bravo
Marie

Hello Donald,
Amazing to see this bird disappears on tree bark. Thanks for the comparison. Very well done.
JC

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-10-19 20:12]

Hello Donald

Amazing,a very good shot of this cute brown creeper.the first shot really shows his camouflage abilities.The focus is very good with sharp details.TFS

rob

Nice collage you got here, this bird is high up on my wish list.
They are very quick creature.
Well captured...
Cecilia

Nice and interesting information given. Your presentation is good.
TFS
Best regards,
Kean

great camouflage, TFS Ori

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2082 W: 216 N: 3759] (12474)
  • [2007-10-20 1:20]

Hello Donald

This is an exceptionally good example of camouflage and i couldn't think of any other way of showing it better.
I love the 2 POVs you took these shots from and the charming colors of both of the photos.
Nice details and good DOFs, too, with fine composition on both.
Wonderful work!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

This was a very good idea. It took me awhile to see the bird at first. I'm amazed it stuck around for you to get the other shot.
Good work.

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1330 W: 107 N: 4804] (21334)
  • [2007-10-20 7:10]

Salut Donald ! J'ai photographié cet oiseau au printemps mais elle n'est pas assez réussie pour la publier ici. La tiennne est superbe ! Il est difficile à photographier avec ce super camouflage et il bouge toujours ! Bravo pour cette belle capture ! Merci,

Mario

Salut Donald,
WOW! Ton montage est impressionnant!!!
Faut vraiement le savoir (et il faut chercher pas mal) pour trouver cet oiseau sur la photo de gauche!!! C'est vraiement une bonne idée d'avor choisi ce titre pour cette composition. Je ne suis pas sûr d'avoir déjà vu cet oiseau... Merci de partager,

Claude

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 755 W: 0 N: 1515] (6928)
  • [2007-10-23 8:24]

Salut Donald
J'avais manqué cette publication.Tres interessant , c'est incroyable le camouflage de cette espece vue de dos.Tres bon focus.
Merci Michel

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