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The great kiskadee


The great kiskadee
Photo Information
Copyright: Livio Soares de Medeiros (livios) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-09-22
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Exposure: f/8, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Birds in Brazil, Birds of Brazil, Mocambo Park, Nature in Patos de Minas 2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-09-25 17:46
Viewed: 1234
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
We call this bird "bem-te-vi". It is an onomatopoeia. When people listen to the bird's voice, they think it sounds similar to words which, in Portuguese, can be understood as “I saw you well” or “Honey, I saw you”. Therefore, the "bem-te-vi" offers us, Brazilians, a suggestive singing.
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Lanius

The great kiskadee is a large member of the flycatcher family. It is about ten inches in length. It has black and white stripes on the crown and sides of its head. It has a white line above its eyes. Its chest and undersides are a bright yellow and its throat is white. Its back and wings are brown and its bill and legs are black.

The great kiskadee lives in open woodlands, streamside thickets, groves, orchards and parks.

The great kiskadee can be found from extreme southern Texas south to Argentina.

The great kiskadee eats insects like beetles, wasps, grasshoppers, bees and moths. Despite the fact that it is a flycatcher, it also eats berries, seeds, mice, frogs, fish and lizards. It also will dive straight into the water to catch fish.

Kiskadees are monogamous. A male will mate with only one female. Mating season begins in late March. The female great kiskadee lays two to five creamy-white and brown speckled eggs in a domed nest made of sticks, grass, moss and bark. The nest has a single entry hole and is lined with soft material like wool and feathers. The nest is usually built in a thorn tree or bush. Both parents defend the nesting territory and care for the young.

The great kiskadee is named for its loud "kis-ka-dee" call. It travels in pairs and aggressively protects its nesting territory. One of its most feared predators is the coral snake and the kiskadee will stay away from anything that has the same color pattern as the coral snake.
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ISO 400
Post process on Photoshop CS2
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Janice, cedryk, ellis49, coasties, TAZ, JeanMichel, ddg, pompey, odin, sandpiper2, Paulosousa, dew77, red45 has marked this note useful
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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3464 W: 145 N: 5942] (17790)
  • [2005-09-25 18:40]

Your name, "bem-te-vi" is lovely for this bird, but I also like the name "kiskadee" too. It is very pretty Livio, and you have captured him very well high up in the tree. His colours and deatails are good. Well shown, thank you.

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  • cedryk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 969 W: 57 N: 1662] (5072)
  • [2005-09-25 21:35]

Great, well composed portrait. Also a perfect background and accurate exposure. DOF not too big, just to focus tyhe attention on the bird. In one word - fantastic. TFS! Michal

Absolutely stunning, Livio! The use of focus is excellent. It really highlights the bird. The yellow is beautiful... I missed so many of your beautiful photos, it will take me a while to catch up. Spectacular :-)

Very good picture, Livio.
The WB is perfect. Very good colours and details.
I like the POV and the composition. Vdry good note too.
Great work.

Hi Livio

Love the plumage colours. Nice looking bird. The exposure is spot on. Good clarity and sharpness. Nice work. Thanks. :-)

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3186] (10922)
  • [2005-09-26 1:28]

Wow ! What a lovely bird that you have very well captured ! Its pose is realy nice and the composition in the green environment is pleasant. I notice you managed well the 20D... Congratulations Livio and thanks for sharing.

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3100 W: 234 N: 5929] (20008)
  • [2005-09-26 2:10]

Hi Livio. So you DO have trees in Brazil. *smile*
What a superb capture of the great kiskadee. Details are sharp and the colors and light are perfect. That bird even turned his head for you, to show off his best profile. He brings back very good memories of Costa Rica for me. Well done and TFS. : )

Excellent capture, Livio.
Great composition, very nice colour and details.
TFS!

A beautiful bird Livio, that you've capured in a nice pose. I like the overal soft green color feeling with the bird coming out sharp and clear in the middle of it. Very good exposure. Perfect!

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 883 W: 23 N: 930] (5015)
  • [2005-09-26 3:53]

Bonjour Livio, very beautiful bird with a superb environment around. Very well composed. TFS Didier.

Livio, a real beauty here, the bird is beautiful, the backgound is good, the pose is excellent. Great details, good colours, excellent note.
TFS.
Michael.

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  • odin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 196 W: 1 N: 213] (1143)
  • [2005-09-26 7:07]

Very nice bird Livios, The composition and the colors are perfects. I like it. Well Done

Great shot Livio. Good composition and pose and good detail on the bird. Well done.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-09-26 8:55]

Hello Livio!
Very nice capture.POV,details,colors,framing,clear eyes,pose of bird,BG and composition are wonderful.TFS...:-)

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2816 W: 75 N: 7977] (26973)
  • [2005-09-26 9:50]

Great capture Livio! Lovely colours with all these greens and yellow bird. I like its pose and composition with space on left. Also note is very interesting.

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