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Blackbird (male)

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Mark Billiau.

Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

Blackbird (male)

One of our best song birds. They are among the first birds to sing at dawn and the last to finish at dusk.
The song is a varied and melodious low-pitched fluted warble, given from trees, rooftops or other elevated perches mainly in the period from march to june.
Many consider the Blackbird’s song even more beautiful than that of the Nightingale……. !

Something interesting to know : a Blackbird has an average life expectancy of 2,4 years. Based on data from bird ringing, the oldest recorded age is 21 years and 10 months !

Dutch name : Merel
German name : Amsel
Latin name : Turdus merula

Kommentare 25

s. sabine krause 25. März 2010, 11:33
wow! what a beautiful shot of this "resting" male blackbird! picked a lovely tree to sit on, too – such a great bright "spring dress"! in our yard the blackbirds are really thriving – almost too many of them, always eating up our cherries ; ))! most of them a great singers, except for one: he's the black sheep of the family, i'm sure, for his favorite hobby (every morning at 5 right outside my window ; )))!) is to imitate the sound of a car alarm: "beep, beep, beep, beep, beep!" pretty creative of him, i guess… greetings, sabine.
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javier dominguez plessmann 6. August 2009, 3:42
Que bella toma felicitaciones

Gran Observador
javier dominguez plessmann

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Nancy Blach 22. Juli 2009, 21:02
Majestic look on his face.
Black birds have "moved" to my backyard few years ago and I like them a lot although in the beginning they were pretty agressive and tried to scare robins which has been in our backyard for many years.
For one season we didnt' have robins so next year I wasn't too nice to blackbirds in the early spring.
They understood that I guess, now they "behave" They have learned to share my backyard with other birds.
Greetings,
Nancy

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Henry H 10. Mai 2009, 12:53
Perfect shoot. Made for the "Book Of European Birds". Greetings Henry
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susi schl. 6. Mai 2009, 12:54
Unsere Amseln im Garten haben sich mit unserer Katze verbrüdert. Die fressen immer das Futter, welches übrig geblieben ist. :o)
Aber ich hatte noch kein Glück, diese schönen Vögel zu fotografieren. Die sind einfach zu schnell und zu weit weg. Ich muss mir wohl erst noch eine Tele kaufen.
Ein sehr schönes Foto!!!!!!

lg
Susi
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Saska S. 5. Mai 2009, 7:17
Beautiful image,great light and well captured birdie.
Regards, Saska
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BRYAN CRUTE 4. Mai 2009, 14:04
Excellent details to this Blackbird, great natural surrounding for the picture

Regards
Bryan
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Gaby Falkenberg 4. Mai 2009, 10:50
Ganz zauberhafte Aufnahme der kleinen Amsel.
Absolut perfekt!
LG.Gaby
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Heinz Janovsky 4. Mai 2009, 7:10
Sehr schönes Amselportrait. Scharf bis in die Krallenspitzen.
Gruß Heinz
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Adele D. Oliver 3. Mai 2009, 20:44
Excellent details in the feathers - so hard to capture in a (black) bird. Great compo and light!!
greetings, Adele
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Die Mohnblumen 3. Mai 2009, 20:25
Mark,
diese Amsel hast Du hervorragend präsentiert. Eine sehr gute und filigrane Arbeit!!
LG K-H
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Gunther Hasler 3. Mai 2009, 19:39
Sehr schön, in prima Licht und mit bester Schärfe erwischt, Mark, was bei so einem Foto alles andere als selbstverständlich ist!
Deine Anmerkung zum schönen melodischen Gesang der Amsel im Vergleich mit dem der Nachtigall, kann ich nachvollziehen. Leider habe ich die Nachtigall bisher nur gehört aber noch nicht gesehen, geschweige denn fotografiert... ;-)
LG Gunther
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Ryszard Basta 3. Mai 2009, 19:39
bestens abgelichtet
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Canan Oner 3. Mai 2009, 19:09
Excellent capture of the black bird...Brings back good memories where I woke up with his songs every morning...he was asking for his breakfast at 05:00 in the morning :)))
A lovely capture Mark...
Cheers,
Canan
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A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 3. Mai 2009, 18:59
Wunderschön dieses Amselmännchen.
Farben und Schärfe sind Top!!
LG Bergjäger
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