Yellow Headed Blackbird

Gallery: AvianPosted May 23, 201076 views6 comments

Nikon 300s 300mm f/2.8 + 1.7x
f/5, 1/1250s, ISO 400

Found a few Yellow Headed Blackbirds along with Red Winged Blackbirds at Red Deer Lake last weekend and returned this morning. Managed to capture this image. These Yellow Heads are new to me. They have a very unique call.

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6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 23, 2010 at 6:46 PM

Beautiful job, Peter. Outstanding work on the exposure of a very difficult species. I like your dof with the cattail in excellent focus.

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Comment posted by Kenneth Arni on May 23, 2010 at 6:52 PM

I really like this Peter, love the pose on the cattail. Nice job on the blacks. Good detail.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on May 23, 2010 at 7:35 PM

Excellent! It's all good.

Peter

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 23, 2010 at 8:51 PM

Sweet!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 24, 2010 at 12:30 AM

I really like this interesting pose Peter. The cat tails are a wonderful addition and you have a classic background going on there too! You sure hit a home run on a species that is new for you.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on May 24, 2010 at 10:07 AM

Wonderful pose, setting, head turn, light and comp. I love to listen the the metallic sound of this species and watch the males try to squash the urge to sing. They look like they simply can not resist calling at this time of the year.

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