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Jumping the queue


Jumping the queue
Photo Information
Copyright: Gabi Klemm (klemmg) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 40 N: 484] (1719)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-11-14
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 50-500 F/4-6.3 EX HSM, Sigma UV
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-01-25 15:49
Viewed: 1323
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Boat-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus major )

Jump the queue or the jump is on you ;-)

Identification:

The plumage is entirely black but iridescent.

The male Boat-tailed Grackle is similar to the Common Grackle but is larger with a much longer tail. Great-tailed and Boat-tailed Grackles are very similar but have mostly different ranges. Great-tailed Grackles have paler eyes and different calls. SOURCE

It is difficult to identify from the photo only, but watching it in real life the shape of the tail points to the boat-tailed grackle.

Grackles are very lively and noisy birds, and I watched their antiques for ages. They usually come in great numbers, and the swarm used to descend near our holiday home at the lakeshore to snack on mussels, snails and insects for breakfast early in the morning. The light unfortunately was not very good (ISO 800), but I got a few shots that I like that show interesting poses.

You see two males that disagree on whose breakfast that REALLY is, and one taking precautionary steps, so to speak.
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  • Great 
  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-01-25 16:02]

Great capture, looks like they fighting about something. Great composition and beautiful presentation.
SkyF

  • Great 
  • riosik (12)
  • [2006-01-25 16:55]

I like this image, full of movement. Very beautiful blue iridiscence. It looks as they are composing a chinese letter!

  • Great 
  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3186] (10922)
  • [2006-01-26 1:25]

What a wonderful and interesting action shot that you have very done and presented ! I also appreciate the complementary note... Congratulations Gabi and thanks for sharing.

Great ralization, Gabi. Fine worked technicaly.
They seem to to some complicate balet moves.

Regards, Petru

Hello Gabi,
very good moment you captured. Great composition and excellent note. Very well done. Thank you.

A fantastic shot, full of movement and incredibly comical!
Thanks for posting.

Superb shot!
I've never seen scene like that and I'm very glad you've captured it. It looks wuite weird but funny. Some nits maybe could be found, but that doesn't matter here.
I like it a lot.
VERY WELL DONE!

  • Great 
  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 641 W: 32 N: 791] (3080)
  • [2006-01-26 5:16]

Great composition with great action. Well captured Gabi and TFS.
Dean.

  • Great 
  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2816 W: 75 N: 7977] (26975)
  • [2006-01-26 5:27]

Wow! What a aggresive birds ;-) Excellent, dynamic composition, perfect moment and poses. Shot from dreams!

An excellent moment you have frozen in time Gabi. Not one but two contortionists!! Excellent capture, and one you should be proud of. Very well done. Thank you!

Hi, Gabi.
Great action shot. Something interesting to look at. Well caught.

This is a great capture the action these two are portraying is comical and the exposure is well chosen for such a momment. Well done Gabi. :)

Excellent catch here!!!

Ros

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