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04-APR-2004 Ann Chaikin

Bye Bye Blackbird

Scudder Pond


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alexeig12-Apr-2004 22:09
Great use of depth of field
ctfchallenge12-Apr-2004 21:28
Great image Ann. Very moody! Antoine
Neil Lawson12-Apr-2004 10:26
Never seen a bird like this. A great spot to catch him (him birds are usually the colourful ones?) in. If there was light on the left side of the face (our right), it would be perfet
Garrett Lau11-Apr-2004 00:30
I think the Boat-Tailed Grackle is also a nuisance in Florida. The residents must have thought I was crazy photographing one during my vacation (see my Everglades gallery). The equivalent in California is the Brewer's Blackbird, which I have no interest in photographing. Red-Winged Blackbirds, on the other hand, generally don't frequent urban areas, and do make for nice photos in marshes, as this photo demonstrates. --Garrett
Nugar10-Apr-2004 11:53
Yes, I checked and the great tailed is part of the family, a well as the Montezuma oropendola, which we also have here.
Nugar10-Apr-2004 11:48
Thanks for the info; I ask because over here in Panama we have a bird known as boat-tailed or great-tailed grackle. Which btw is a nuissance.
Garrett Lau10-Apr-2004 01:36
It's the other way around. A grackle is a kind of blackbird (family Icteridae). Grackles are much larger than Red-winged Blackbirds. --Garrett
Sony Forums Challenges09-Apr-2004 21:41
Hi Nugar, I don't think it is a kind of Grackle. Here is a site you can check to see more details:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Agelaius_phoeniceus.html
Ann
Nugar09-Apr-2004 12:44
Is this blackbird a kind of grackle by any chance?
Guest 09-Apr-2004 00:59
I really like the color and texture of this.
Ann Chaikin08-Apr-2004 22:34
Thanks Gayle and Jadzia. The color is natural with a touch of PS curves to brighten it up a bit. The cattails are last year's model. This year's are on their way up but have not reached this level yet. The red-winged blackbird is his own colorful self. The female is a tabby brown but the male is back with bright red and orange on his wings. The young males just have a stripe of orange. Ann
Guest 08-Apr-2004 20:03
Awesome! Good choice of bird too with the splash of red really making the pic "something".
Guest 08-Apr-2004 09:13
Ann, are these the true colours in the image? This is outstanding...love the composition, and the way the bird stands out so well from the background.
Gayle