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My Daddy Is Big Bird


My Daddy Is Big Bird
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Copyright: Pam Russell (coasties) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3817 W: 505 N: 8098] (27718)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-11-20
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 100-400mm L IS USM, Digital RAW 200, Hoya UV 77mm
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Baby Animals 3 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-11-23 3:37
Viewed: 1673
Points: 62
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
About Birds

- all birds have feathers covering their bodies (do penguins have feathers?)
- all birds have wings, but can all birds fly?

Who can't fly? - Kiwi, penguins, ostriches, Big Bird - all birds have a hard bony beak for a mouth (and no teeth) - all birds lay eggs

Birds come in all shapes and sizes too. They have different shaped beaks for eating different things; different colours - some to hide and some to look pretty for their mates; different legs and feet for different kinds of environments.

Eagles have strong curved pointy beaks for eating meat - finches have short stout beaks for cracking seeds - humming birds have long pointy beaks for getting nectar out of flowers - ducks have broad flat bills for eating water weeds.

Birds have different legs and feet - talons (eagles & hawks) for catching prey - medium length toes and claws for perching in trees - long legs for wading in water - short legs and webbed toes for swimming.

Feathers are wonderful - birds are the only animals that have them. Most scientists believe that birds evolved from reptiles and that feathers evolved from the reptiles' scales.

Why are feathers so light? - the shaft is hollow. This makes them strong and light yet flexible enough not to break easily. The feather is not completely hollow as the inside structure gives added strength without too much weight.

What do feathers do? - keep the bird warm - keep out the rain - help the bird hide (camouflage) - for pretty (to attract a mate) Usually, the boys have brighter and more colourful feathers than the girls.

Do you think that birds keep the same feathers forever?

What would happen if they did? - the feathers would wear out, fade in the sun, start to break - the feathers wouldn't be able to do what they are supposed to
Once a year, usually in the late summer birds loose their feathers and grow new ones (called MOULT). When ducks loose their wing feathers, they fall out almost all at once and for a few weeks they cannot fly. This usually happens about the same time that their babies are little and need their mothers around all the time.

The above obtained from http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~becker/HatchingProgram/Ducks-Incubation/bed-qa.html

IMAGE INFORMATION

Camera: Canon 20D
Time of day: 9:29 a.m.
Date: 20th November 2005
Weather conditions: Clear
Lens: Canon 100-400mm L IS
Filter: Hoya 77mm UV
Shutter Speed: 1/125
F-Stop: F/8
Focal Length: 88mm
ISO: 200
Original file type: Digital Raw
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Thanks for the detailed info and for the fantastic photo! (This chick looks like it has hair :) )

Regards, Petru

Hi Pam :-)
Cute photo and nice title ;-)

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3067 W: 231 N: 6166] (21070)
  • [2005-11-23 3:46]

What an interesting duckling (?), Pam. Wonderful details and light. He sure has huge yellow feet. Very cute. Well done and TFS. : )

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-11-23 3:55]

Love this title and photo, Pam! Ultracute. This young bird looks like taken from book for children. Great post!

Hi Pam,
this is sooooo lovely. What a cute duggy.
I enjoyed it so much, thanks for sharing it with us. Have a wonderful day, bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 5 N: 2762] (10618)
  • [2005-11-23 5:50]

Hello Pam,
Lovely composition and POV.
wonderful colours and a lot of nice details.TFS:)

My, what big feet you have! What is he? Lovely picture!
Nigel

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-11-23 7:08]

What a lovely and interesting little bird that you have very well captured ! Its daddy is big ? ;-)) I appreciate the good complementary note... Congratulations Pam and thanks for sharing.

Hi Pam,
I love how there fine little downey feathers look like hair. Superb detail and colors here. You gotta luv shots like this. Makes you feel warm and fuzzy just like him.
Scott

Hi Pam - that´s another cute duckling. Very nice capture with great colours and sharpness. Very good composition. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Pam,

If my wife saw this, she would say, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh sooooooooo cute!!!
It is cute and well exposed, detailed, composed. Excellent work.

Mike

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-11-23 11:59]

Pam, how cute and lovely.

A very pleasing image.

Excellent colors, sharpness, pov and composition to show us this great moment.

Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • Libor Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 176 W: 1 N: 25] (1101)
  • [2005-11-23 12:08]

:o) very lovely shot
perfect sharp and nice colors
TFS Libor

Wonderful shot Pam,
Excellent detail, sharpness and colours. I love the low POV and pose of the cute ickle chick. Excellent exposure, DOF and framing.
Thanks for posting.

This has to be one of the cutest ducklings in the world. Excellent everything on this beautiful capture. Paul :)

Very well presented, pose, detail, exposure and color are all top notch.

Greg

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  • bebu Silver Star Critiquer [C: 15 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-11-23 20:27]

Great photos. Thanks for sharing!

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 647 W: 6 N: 1106] (3191)
  • [2005-11-23 22:57]

Hi Pam,
Excellent capture with great colors,note,sharpness,pov and dof.TFS
CT

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  • klemmg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 40 N: 484] (1719)
  • [2005-11-23 23:56]

Hi Pam,
what a pose you captured, and with excellent detail and colour. Good composition too!
Regards,
Gabi

Hi Pam.
This is a beautiful picture with lovely colours.
It's a clear and chrisp. WEll composed and good details.
I love the low POV too. And it stands out well from the BG.
Great work.

Hi again Pam,

This one gets an eleven out of ten on the adorability scale!

Fantastic capture.

Thanks for sharing him.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-11-24 10:08]

Hello Pam!
Very cute chick.Details,POV,colors,sharpness,framing and composition are wonderful.TFS...:-)

HI PaM:

Lovely and beautiful composition
Very well composed
Great note, as usual.
Nice DOF and POV.


Hugs and TFS,
Alejandro

So cute! Nature is better than Disney! A very good picture, too!

superb piece of work: great compo, colors and dof!

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  • reina Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 260 W: 1 N: 328] (2024)
  • [2005-11-25 4:22]

Adorable.. with the tittle its complete, thanks for sharing reina

Adorablement beau , merci de nous faire partager vos clichés superbes

Hi Pam,
This one is so cute! Excellent capture, very sharp and clear. Colors, POV and DOF are great. I love your title and your note too! TFS!
Helene

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  • sarju Silver Note Writer [C: 8 W: 0 N: 10] (51)
  • [2005-11-30 2:38]

I liked browsing your gallery as it was so very full of information.
Thank you for sharing this info on TN
cheers ... sarju
PS: have you seen this documentary called the "Life of Birds" by David Attenborough by BBC ... in case you hav'nt ... I am pretty sure that you will enjoy it.
2nd PS: Awesome photo ... the bird looks like such a cutie pie

Przesliczne!! takie jak powinno byæ!!!

Hello Pam,
THis chick looks as if it had rubber boots on. Fantastic details, framing and
excellent note. Thank you for sharing.
Thomas

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-12-08 15:03]

Ha ha, great title and a super cute shot. Well done Pam on this - it's a real winner.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12252)
  • [2007-01-19 5:33]

Superbe photo.
Bravo et merci!
Joseph

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