red-winged blackbird ??

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red-winged blackbird ??
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Copyright: Tom Peak (tkp1165) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 114 W: 4 N: 346] (2133)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-05
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D 80, Sigma 50-500mm f4-6.3 DG EX APO HSM
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-05-05 18:11
Viewed: 373
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I went back out to the refuge this afternoon. It seems like the last few times I have been out at the refuge I have seen less and less of hawks and Eagles so I have been photographing the smaller birds, something I haven't done in a while. Now that I have been looking for the smaller birds at the refuge I have noticed there are a lot of different types that have been hanging around their lately. I am looking for some help on the identification of this little guy I posted today. I have looked in the bird book that I have and the closest that I could come to in my guess is a immature male red-winged blackbird. I was quite surprised to see how they change into the red-winged blackbird I am used to seeing. If my guess is right. So if any of you have any suggestions on the identification I would appreciate it. Thanks for looking ( I posted another picture in the work shop. That shows some red in the wing.)
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My bet would be on something else..but what I do not know..It certainly shall be identified quickly..one way or the other as it is a super ID image Tom. I finally had some luck on identifying one of mine today...boy....is this a learning environment or what?
Bob

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  • tuslaw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 149 W: 7 N: 350] (1142)
  • [2008-05-05 19:38]

Beautiful image Tom,
I tried Google Image and it sure resembles the Redwing Blackbird female, especially the white band on the head.
The workshop image is the stumper though, because it clearly shows a red pattern on the upper wing. I'm guessing that you are probably right in assuming that this is a young male.
Ron

Hello Tom,
Fantastic capture, fantastic sharpness and deoth of field, superb details, nice composition and excellent point of view, great pose.
Angela

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  • JPlumb Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 654 W: 159 N: 889] (2827)
  • [2008-05-05 23:36]

Hi Tom, I don't know this bird any better than you do, and I probably have the same book, but it looks like a juvenile Red-winged Blackbird to me. The difference between the juvenile and the female is the juvenile has an "orangish shoulder pad". Judging from your workshop I think you have a juvenile. I don't know if I've ever seen one of these, if I have then I didn't recognize it. This one is seen in good colour with great detail. The pose is good, but I would crop about 2 inches off the top of the frame to give the bird equal distance between the top and bottom.

Thanks, John

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1133 W: 259 N: 2406] (10803)
  • [2008-05-05 23:41]

Hi Tom,

A nice capture of this bird in natural habitat,I cannot help you with ID,anyway a well presented presentation,tfs

Paul

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  • jesst Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 353 W: 0 N: 160] (2012)
  • [2008-05-06 0:18]

Wonderful picture. Great sharp and detail, good composition

Hi Tom
I would say this is a female Red-Winged Blackbird. The females have a very pointed sharp beak....go figure... LOL. This is a really nice portrait of your Blackbird. The green background is a nice contrast to the colour of the feathers. Well done.
TFS Janice

hello Tom

maybe i am wrong, but in my National Geographic Society
« Field Guide to the Birds of North America » book
this photo is like the illustration of the female Red-Winged Blackbird,
and the one on the Workshop it looks like the illustration
of one years old male or in your photo even less tha a years old,
but i can be in error

2 excellent pics with fine POVs, DOFs and framings,
wonderful luminosity of the image with excellent sharpness and details,

TFS

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