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During many trips to Florida I have always overlooked these birds, as from a distance they just look black. As you get closer their true colours really show as I found out earlier this month. All advice welcome, Thanks for looking.
Boat-Tailed Grackle
A large, long-tailed blackbird, the Boat-tailed Grackle is found exclusively along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the United States. The noisy, iridescent, purple-black male is hard to miss when it displays on power lines and telephone poles. The smaller brown female is much less conspicuous, and might even be mistaken for a different species. |
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2883 W: 165 N: 8400]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
(26072) - [2007-04-20 15:38]
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Hello Adrian,
It's surprising how so many apparently totally black birds have tinges and iridescences that make their black color almost secondary, something that you show well in this portrait of a Boat-tailed Grackle. This is a fine sharp presentation, well composed and with pleasing contrasting BG. Nice lighting too.
TFS,
Regards, Ivan
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- briano (12)
- [2007-05-12 19:24]
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Superbe capture Adrian! You can clearly see tones and colors in this Boat Tale Grackle!
Many thanks for sharing.
the female grackle
Brian
![Silver Note Writer [C: 1 W: 0 N: 15]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/n-n-s.gif){kind=small}