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18-MAY-2011

Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola ssp calcarata)

Van marshes, Van - East Anatolia, Turkey

First record of Motacilla citreola ssp calcarata for the Western Palearctic

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV , EF L 600 f/4 IS USM + 2X
1/1000s f/11.0 at 1200.0mm iso800 hide exif
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Date/Time18-May-2011 15:27:15
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS-1D Mark IV
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length1200 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/11
ISO Equivalent800
Exposure Bias-1.00
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance11.600 m

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Daniele Occhiato12-Jun-2011 19:57
Hi Tobi
interesting photo, but I would like to point out that some individual of the nominate subspecies citreola can be very dark grey on the upperparts, like this one photographed at Van, Turkey, the same day as the calcarata:http://www.pbase.com/dophoto/image/135160675. I think that a bird like this one could be easily confused with a calcarata at a distance, and your pictures is very distant and fairly blurry. From your picture I can clearly see the the back is not black but dark grey.
Tobi Koppejan12-Jun-2011 14:51
Nice picture, but unfortunatly it's not the first, take a look at my picture(s) in the Netherlands back in april 1991 !!! (Under Rare birds in Zeeland 1990 - 2005)
http://www.pbase.com/image/105637333

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