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Lovely colours! The first one is especially fine. I always think it's unfair calling the Grey Wagtail grey, but there is a Yellow Wagtail.Some other from today. A species that I came accross the first time and had to look after:
A female grey wagtail. And it seems she's got some offspring to feed.
Again very poor light. 560 mm, 1/640 and 1/1000, f/8, ISO3200.
But lovely reflections
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Thanks a lot, Alan! It was really tricky to get the right WB here as for the cloudy sky. And I admit that I slightly raised the saturation until it felt "natural".Lovely colours! The first one is especially fine.
The yellow and the grey wagtail look quite similar and both have yellow breasts.I always think it's unfair calling the Grey Wagtail grey, but there is a Yellow Wagtail.
The Yellow has a black legs. The one on the photos above has +/- pinkish legs (Like the Greys...) On other hand it has also a rather contrast scapulars and pretty white/yellow throat (like the Yellows but some Gray females have rather pale throat)!!! Go figure...Lovely colours! The first one is especially fine. I always think it's unfair calling the Grey Wagtail grey, but there is a Yellow Wagtail.
Fully correct about the characteristics, ISv. That's what I've learned about yesterday.The Yellow has a black legs. The one on the photos above has +/- pinkish legs (Like the Greys...) On other hand it has also a rather contrast scapulars and pretty white/yellow throat (like the Yellows but some Gray females have rather pale throat)!!! Go figure...
Maximilian, could you catch one of these and measure how long is the tail and also the legs?! These are legitimate features to separate some subspecies of the Yellow from the Gray!!!
Yellow Wagtails bring back fond memories of precovid trips. Here are shots from in descending order: Cyprus; India (Mysore); Portugal (Iberian Yellow); and Tanzania. Good subjects for your ruler!The Yellow has a black legs. The one on the photos above has +/- pinkish legs (Like the Greys...) On other hand it has also a rather contrast scapulars and pretty white/yellow throat (like the Yellows but some Gray females have rather pale throat)!!! Go figure...
Maximilian, could you catch one of these and measure how long is the tail and also the legs?! These are legitimate features to separate some subspecies of the Yellow from the Gray!!!
That was the one where I thought that the perch would get away.Very nice series. I really like the first picture. Well done, Maximilian.
I am now pretty sure this is a "drab" Magnolia warbler.Hoping for help with the ID of this Warbler (assumed). Central Alberta.
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I agree Jack , nice shot of a beautiful bird!I am now pretty sure this is a "drab" Magnolia warbler.
Ornithologists are doing this for many many years (and it's how we know what is what...). They use to catch birds and after full ID and if necessary - ring, they release the bird (well, sometimes it's little bit different: if it's a new species you need a specimen deposited in some collection - the type specimen).Fully correct about the characteristics, ISv. That's what I've learned about yesterday.
Maybe I should add that the back of the grey wagtail is at it's name says of grey color.
Therefore the yellow wagtail should be called "brown" for its brownisch back
As for your suggestion to catch and measure I would like to reply that this would be beyond my capabilities.
And I am proud to say that the times where I took out animals from there natural habitat have long gone since my childhood.
Today I'd rather put them back into their habitat when they enter my living room, for example