Canon EOS 7D, 600mm f4 IS, 1.4x conv, ISO 400, f5.6, RAW, CS2, bean bag on car window ledge.
Hi All,
Been chasing a pair of Yellow Wagtails around for the last few days, this one briefly came and sat on the best perch there was available and I got lucky !!
Thanks for the comments guys. Phil, thought it was just a female in summer plumage !?? Be interesting if anyone thinks any different. re the composition, it's full frame to the left side and I've cropped a smidge off the right to take out the vertical bit of stem that came up behind the bird. Might have been better without the converter !!
Rob
I would send this off to the BTO or some similar org, as the colour is not right for winter female yellow wag. The head should still be browner. It could be a colour abberation of course.
Interesting whatever.
Cheers
JR
Rob
Its the common continental form of the yellow wagtail, (ssp. Flava) as all have commented the UK ssp. ((Flavissima) is plain green/yellow headed, a lot of the continental ssp. have these striking head colours.
A few turn up in the UK every year the other common overshoot is the Spanish form (Iberiae) which has a slate grey patch below the eye stripe not this uniform grey head coloration
the yellow wags are a very diversely plumaged ssp. family
I had always wondered about the odd continental bird turning up in the UK in spring, nice to see photographic evidence that they do it. Very well caught, Rob.
A frined has looked at this image and we have decided it's what they call a Channel Wagtail, a hybrid of a Blue headed Wagtail and a Yellow Wagtail, only get a few in the UK every year apparently, so pleased I nailed a shot of it :)
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14 repliesHi All,
Been chasing a pair of Yellow Wagtails around for the last few days, this one briefly came and sat on the best perch there was available and I got lucky !!
All comments welcome
Regards
Rob
Good to see you back posting. What a class image too I like the over the shoulder glance.
I quite laike the format,
but it certainly is a strange head colour.
JR
Thanks for the comments guys. Phil, thought it was just a female in summer plumage !?? Be interesting if anyone thinks any different. re the composition, it's full frame to the left side and I've cropped a smidge off the right to take out the vertical bit of stem that came up behind the bird. Might have been better without the converter !!
Regards
Rob
Rob it looks like its still got it's winter plumage with that grey head,really nice image.
Keith.
I would send this off to the BTO or some similar org, as the colour is not right for winter female yellow wag. The head should still be browner. It could be a colour abberation of course.
Interesting whatever.
Cheers
JR
Its the common continental form of the yellow wagtail, (ssp. Flava) as all have commented the UK ssp. ((Flavissima) is plain green/yellow headed, a lot of the continental ssp. have these striking head colours.
A few turn up in the UK every year the other common overshoot is the Spanish form (Iberiae) which has a slate grey patch below the eye stripe not this uniform grey head coloration
the yellow wags are a very diversely plumaged ssp. family
David
Matt
A frined has looked at this image and we have decided it's what they call a Channel Wagtail, a hybrid of a Blue headed Wagtail and a Yellow Wagtail, only get a few in the UK every year apparently, so pleased I nailed a shot of it :)
Regards
Rob
Phil.
Nick.