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Baby Curve Billed Thrasher


Baby Curve Billed Thrasher
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Copyright: Jane Magen (jaycee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1684 W: 8 N: 4321] (14053)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-01
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon PowerShot S5 IS, 1.5 Teleconverter
Exposure: f/4, 1/640 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-05-02 8:52
Viewed: 512
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I am not pleased with the quality of this picture but it is the only baby Thrasher I have seen in 11 years. He was sitting on the wall waiting for his mother to bring him more seeds. She came back five or six times and I have put a really bad shot of the two in the workshop. Since it was of interest to me I thought others might enjoy seeing it.

Curve Billed Thrashers

The Curve-billed Thrasher is generally 25 to 28 cm (10 to 12 inches) in length, slender in build with a long tail, and a long, curved, sickle-shaped bill. It is pale grayish-brown above with lighter-colored underparts that are vaguely streaked. The tips of the tail are streaked with white, and the sides of the tail are a darker color than its back. The eye of an adult is usually a vivid orange or red-orange, although immature birds have a yellow eye.

Because of its similar coloration to Bendire's Thrasher, the two birds are very easily mistaken for one another. Bendire's Thrasher's shorter and straighter bill and its yellow eyes distinguish it from mature Curve-billed Thrashers. However, it is still easy to misidentify a young Curve-billed Thrasher as a Bendire's Thrasher as its beak has not grown to its mature length and curvature, and its eyes are still yellow.

The Curve-billed Thrasher is found commonly throughout the deserts and brush-filled areas of the south-western United States, from about the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and across New Mexico to west Texas, as well as most of Mexico, from the Sonoran-Chihuahuan Deserts and south through the Mexican Plateau to regions south of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in south-central Mexico.

The Curve-billed Thrasher most often roosts in a tall tree or spiny vegetation, preferring a cactus. The nest is a loosely woven cup made of thorny twigs. The female lays 2 to 4 eggs, which are bluish-green and speckled with brown. The eggs are incubated by both sexes, and hatch after about thirteen days. The young will leave the nest after 14 to 18 days after hatching.

The Curve-billed Thrasher feeds on ground-dwelling insects, as well as seeds, and berries. It often pushes out Cactus Wrens in its area.


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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 351 W: 3 N: 375] (1121)
  • [2008-05-02 8:58]

Hi Jane,
It's a lovely captrure.Pose of bird an BG are very nice.
Thanks for posting.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2375 W: 164 N: 7131] (22536)
  • [2008-05-02 9:49]

Hello Jane,
Wow, this is a cute little one all fluffed up!
It's not bad at all, I like the light and the details of the plumage are pretty sharp as well as focus on the eye. A little one with big feet! :-) I really like the Workshop image too, it's a pity it's not sharp. Well observed!
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

Hmmmmm..until you gave me pause to re-look via your words, I had seen nothing dramatically 'wrong' with the image..actually because it is of a not-so-often posted bird, I would think the aviary would be most inviting as a look-see rather than small workshopping it.....tele-converters are not my friends...but I used them in film when the newspaper actually asked for otherwise impossible images...but back then they were chap..Now with electronics inside th4ey cost as much as a lens if not more... anyhow having said that. I think it is fine an so well noted.
Bob

Hi Jane, lovely little bird in great pose, fine details and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1240 W: 78 N: 852] (7430)
  • [2008-05-02 10:40]

hello Jane
well composed and good capture of this cute bird
i like pose, POV and informative note
TFS
regards
izler

Hello my friend Jane,
A lovely and wonderful captur of this rare baby Curve Billed Thrasher with nice details. IT seems to be get angry:).
Many thanks for sharing this beauty my friend,
Regards,

Bayram

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1898 W: 4 N: 5163] (19674)
  • [2008-05-02 13:49]

Hi Jane, A cute little one this is. You have captured a good close up. Dont put your self down this is not that bad we can see good detail and natural colours. How many times do we get to see young bird. so thanks for posting. Nick.. good notes too.
Have a nice weekend.

hello Jane,

We always want our shots to be top quality and that isn't always posible! I think, in this case, it was better to see the chick with a little noise on its feathers than not se it at all! The image is sharp, the colours are good, and what a fluffy little ball he looks! Thanks for sharing!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)
Many thanks for your warm comments on 'Me and My Shadow'.

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 737 W: 0 N: 1497] (6754)
  • [2008-05-02 14:26]

Hello Jane
Nice presentation.Good POV and sharp image.Details and natural colors are nice.
TFS Michel

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1583 W: 242 N: 5286] (18629)
  • [2008-05-02 14:36]

What a cute little baby Thrasher :-D
To be honest I don't see much wrong with this at all! There may be a bit of noise and the smudge in the bottom left is slightly distracting though the image as a whole really is excellent!
The BG is completely blurred and so makes the bird stand out really well.
There is a lot of detail and the photo has great sharpness.
Well composed and a decent POV.
Superb light.
Well done Jane!

Joe

hello Jane

the most important think you had a Baby Curve Billed Thrasher image,
with fine POV, DOF and framing, and excellent details of the plumage,

TFS

Asbed

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1036 W: 1 N: 3970] (13358)
  • [2008-05-02 18:30]

Hello Jane,
Great camera work with great results, the plumage details are excellent and the color very natural. Thank you Jane.
Rick

Hello Jane,

I don't know trashers, looks as an adult dove.
So 11 years is a long time and than I should also are been happy.
Great BG, the bird looks camouflaged in the BG.

Gert

Hello Jane,
The quality is ok to me on this baby!
and the lighting is real good in this shot with natural colour and details
many thanks for the sharing
cheers
Tony

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 476 W: 0 N: 70] (491)
  • [2008-05-03 0:59]

Hello Jane,
Wonderfull capture of this beauty. TFS. Regards,
Mehmet

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 840 W: 4 N: 2081] (9772)
  • [2008-05-03 2:03]

Hello jane, I like the excellent eye focus you have got for us here. I like the feathers opened due to the wind. Thanks for sharing Ganesh

Hello Jane, another splendid shot of a young bird aof a rare observed bird species. TFS. Regards,
Nazım

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2492 W: 132 N: 7090] (22145)
  • [2008-05-03 8:24]

Hello Jane,
There is a lot to be said for this image: the pose, POV, composition, bokeh BG, lighting and the sharpness is pretty good. In fact I don't think this is bad at all: it's pretty good and well worth posting to show us a juvenile Curved-billed Thrasher.
Thanks for sharing this fine image and have a good weekend,
Ivan

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  • iris Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 361 W: 39 N: 664] (2071)
  • [2008-05-03 10:16]

Jane, is this guy called a Thrasher, well he sure looks quite a bit ofa "thrasher".Look at his eyes, and one gets a feeling he has an eyebrow raised, not quite in a great mood i presume, perhaps just wanting to get his mother near him at the earliest.The fluffy feathers have an added effect and details are well presented despite the bit of noise in the shot.
TFS & Cheers

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  • demeve Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 507 W: 8 N: 1073] (3964)
  • [2008-05-03 16:46]

Hello Jane,

Quality may not be the best, but what counts is the moment,
if that is the first time you're photographing something special
than it's all worth it. .. Well done

Everton

There's nothing wrong with the quality. It's a darling photo. The little bird doesn't look very happy though. ha ha I think it's a great shot.

Hello Jane,
Great capture, excellent compositiopn and good low point of view, good sharpness and depth of eidl, nice natural colors and good light, a little noisy though.
Angela

Hi Jane,
A lovely capture of this beautiful thrasher bird. Good details and a nice composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Ohhh Jane, so cute shot of this baby
this shot is not bad, of course it is not your best quality shot but I like this, colours are realy good with a splendid neutral background, I like the pose and good eye catching,
very good post my friend,
cheer,
Pat

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1676 W: 24 N: 4885] (15930)
  • [2008-05-04 5:57]

Hi Jane,
Wonderful shot of this cute little bird and I like the way it has worked up its plumage. Very neat and sharp image with clear details on its plumage and perfect lighting. Excellent DOF, POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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