Mr. and Ms. red-winged blackbird and a doppleganger
Nov 6, 2023 16:23:35 #
Lake Betz, RTP, NC. Late Oct. 2023.
#1 and 2 are the male, the first displaying the RWB's wonderful iridiscent feathers as the setting just hit the wings at a good angle, whereas #2 is a more "typical" look. #3 is the female - which looks remarkably different from the male. Merlin describes the female as "often being mistaken for a sparrow". #4 is the picture of a song sparrow that I captured last Saturday at Lake Betz and I could be fooled if unaided by Merlin's AI SW!
Comments and critiques welcome.
#1 and 2 are the male, the first displaying the RWB's wonderful iridiscent feathers as the setting just hit the wings at a good angle, whereas #2 is a more "typical" look. #3 is the female - which looks remarkably different from the male. Merlin describes the female as "often being mistaken for a sparrow". #4 is the picture of a song sparrow that I captured last Saturday at Lake Betz and I could be fooled if unaided by Merlin's AI SW!
Comments and critiques welcome.
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jdtonkinson wrote:
Great set Ronnie. I love the Song Sparrow
Thank you, Jim. I think the female blackbird's colors are more 'vivid', but it could be the way it caught the setting sun in the golden hour. The sparrow pic was taken the next day in the morning, and well beyond the golden hour.
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srsincary wrote:
Lake Betz, RTP, NC. Late Oct. 2023. br #1 and 2 ar... (show quote)
Very nice! Love the background [i]Bokeh[i] in the first photograph. Yes, sexual dimorphism in Aves can be confusing. Yes, the Female looks a lot like some species of Sparrow, though not so much a Song Sparrow. Was the #4 Song Sparrow that Grey, it looks nearly devoid of yellows, reds, and browns. Lots of black and white on it. Thanks for sharing.
Nov 6, 2023 19:55:21 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Cool set with a surprise ending Ronnie
Thank you, Jack. 😀
Regarding the first pic, I did not know that the red-winged blackbird feathers had the iridescent property until I saw it in my photograph. It was the same 'self-discovery' for me for grackles and turkey vultures, when pics I took when the sunlight was at the 'right' angle created a dazzling shine and I googled the phenomenon.
Nov 6, 2023 20:00:54 #
[quote=lamiaceae]Very nice! Love the background [i]Bokeh[i] in the first photograph. Yes, sexual dimorphism in Aves can be confusing. Yes, the Female looks a lot like some species of Sparrow, though not so much a Song Sparrow. Was the #4 Song Sparrow that Grey, it looks nearly devoid of yellows, reds, and browns. Lots of black and white on it. Thanks for sharing. [/quote]
Thank you, Mike, for the feedback. The difference between male and female of this species is quite striking. That is also true of the Painted bunting and the Scarlet tanager, and possibly other bird species too that I am not aware of.
The Song sparrow looks quite reddish brown to me, in both my Samsung mobile and Lenovo laptop screens.
Note that the female blackbird pic was taken in the evening during the golden hour, the sparrow pic in in the morning well past the golden hour.
[/quote]Thank you, Mike, for the feedback. The difference between male and female of this species is quite striking. That is also true of the Painted bunting and the Scarlet tanager, and possibly other bird species too that I am not aware of.
The Song sparrow looks quite reddish brown to me, in both my Samsung mobile and Lenovo laptop screens.
Note that the female blackbird pic was taken in the evening during the golden hour, the sparrow pic in in the morning well past the golden hour.
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