GP.Masserano said:
GP...Beautiful and interesting looking bird!
I'm curious, how did you get above the grouse? We're you on a bridge or hillside?
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GP...Beautiful and interesting looking bird!
I'm curious, how did you get above the grouse? We're you on a bridge or hillside?
Dear Northstar
I was descending from the top of the Cairngorms ( Highland of Scotland, in July) and i heard the cacharacteristic call of the grouse.
This animal hardly fly if has the chicks that are incapable of flying: when it does, is for to distract attention from the chicks and avert the danger away
(Sorry for my english: is a Babylon translation...)
I was descending from the top of the Cairngorms ( Highland of Scotland, in July) and i heard the cacharacteristic call of the grouse.
This animal hardly fly if has the chicks that are incapable of flying: when it does, is for to distract attention from the chicks and avert the danger away
(Sorry for my english: is a Babylon translation...)
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Dear Click,
The bearded vulture is a vulture very rare and curious and approaches the people up to five or six meters above them.
In Italy it was reintroduced in the park of the GRAN PARADISO and with a little luck can go above the head this animal with wings of about three meters!
The bearded vulture is a vulture very rare and curious and approaches the people up to five or six meters above them.
In Italy it was reintroduced in the park of the GRAN PARADISO and with a little luck can go above the head this animal with wings of about three meters!
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I recently had the massive pleasure of spending a bit of time in the company of some Great Grey Owls in Finland, expertly guided by Petri & Antti of Finnature, I have hundreds of shots to go through, but here is one of the first, (from the last day using my backup camera as my 1DX had failed), a wild Great Grey Owl flies over the glistening snow
Canon 7DII coupled to a Canon EF 200-400 TC L lens, shooting in manual mode - spot metered - ISO 400 - 286 mm focal length - f4 - 1/5000
Canon 7DII coupled to a Canon EF 200-400 TC L lens, shooting in manual mode - spot metered - ISO 400 - 286 mm focal length - f4 - 1/5000
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GP.Masserano said:
Hi GP. Masserano
This bird is called the Red Grouse ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_grouse ) and as I know your shot was taken in July then you are correct to say it had chicks and was trying to take your attention away from them. It is also actually in the process of moulting from its winter plumage ( example image https://www.google.ae/search?q=grouse+in+scotland&biw=1680&bih=881&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WgMJVdW8GM7KOb-XgNgI&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&dpr=1#tbm=isch&q=red+grouse+winter&imgdii=_&imgrc=r3pcy24MR2rb1M%253A%3B3vDijxX_85XbFM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.visualphotos.com%252Fphoto%252F1x2050880%252Fred-grouse-lagopus-lagopus-winter-denali-np-alaska-usa.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.visualphotos.com%252Fimage%252F1x2050880%252Fred_grouse_lagopus_lagopus_winter_denali_np_alaska%3B499%3B356 ), when it is all white to camouflage itself in the snow; to its summer plumage (example image https://www.google.ae/search?biw=1680&bih=881&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=red+grouse+mating+plumage&oq=red+grouse+mating+plumage&gs_l=img.12...98294.108880.4.110200.26.23.0.0.0.0.838.3597.0j1j5-2j3.6.0.msedr...0...1c.1.62.img..23.3.1424.5FP64JftA6Q&bav=on.2,or.&bvm=bv.88198703,d.ZWU&dpr=1&ech=1&psi=twQJVZvVDIPYOISwgKgP.1426654392925.7&ei=8AQJVeeMFYLEOLj7gcAH&emsg=NCSR&noj=1#imgdii=_&imgrc=MkslMpD8I8SlQM%253A%3BM47qLxhCXIecZM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ianshortphotography.co.uk%252Farticles%252Fthe-glen%252Fphotos%252F8-Autumn-Red-Grouse.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ianshortphotography.co.uk%252Farticles%252Fthe-glen.html%3B680%3B411 ) where it is all speckled brown coloured with a red eyebrow.
I love your photos and seeing some birds from my home country was really nice, thanks for sharing
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SevenDUser said:
I agree with Rpt and Fragilesi, it's an Oystercatcher of some sort. If we knew where and when it was shot, we could probably dig a little deeper and get the subspecies also. We can rule out the ssp with a "Black*" in the name and also the Sooty.
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