one starling & nine sparrows

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This post goes for 'Show me a photo (of a bird)' contest, round #23. Week's topic was 'Sparrows'. Actually I dont have any fresh photos and did not walk out with camera to get something for this week, so all you see below are the old captures taken from my archive, mostly from 2022-2021. At the moment we are still pretty much stuck with winter, there is snow here and there, no green colours at all (not speaking about flowers and blooming) -- pretty much like you see in the photo with a starling. The ground is still frozen and naked...

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(Below is uncropped version of the photo). What's amazing about this picture is how neatly you can see all the plumage on his chest... it's some kind of random luck, I guess! The capture was made with my average 300mm telephoto lens.

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Another little fella sitting, singing and waiting for the spring. Uncropped version of the photo:

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Ambush at the pond's reeds. Isnt it touchy?.. I love everything about this photo, except of I could not manage to come closer and take more close-ups and alternate takes... The birdie simply did not let me go.
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Hunting for food at the streets; a small sparrow (probably just a yearling) is brave enough to attack a bread crust size of himself! I made this capture with 150mm lens, getting to the scene at pretty decent distance.


Breadcrumbs and crusts certainly can work out wonders when combined with a 150mm telephoto lens, but if a bird doesn't want to rely on treats but aims to hunt on its own, then... alas!

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Pretty woman!

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Have you ever noticed how different the gaze of male and female sparrows is? Females cast such tender glances that you want to press them to your chest and stroke. Males are a completely different matter. Brazen, impudent... bandits!


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And the last one. Some sparrows in the metropolis exterior. A real Assembly in a secluded safe corner on electric wires. Without any extra clicks I've got here some pure monochrome, almost naturally. (Thats a pretty old photo from the archives, date back to 2008. Got it as a bonus during my architectural sessions).

Hope you enjoyed this random selection. Thanks for walking with me!

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I like the cropped images. They are sharp and detailed.
It feels the winter is still here, no snow, but it is cold.
However, birds have started to arrive from the South.

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Maybe, 'nesting' would be a proper topic for #smap any time soon.
Thanks for the tip, already reinvested it to promote my blog.
Cheers! and a !PIZZA ☘️ ☘️ ☘️

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The image capture is extraordinary, friend.
I think the bird image in NO 2 is very interesting,

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Thats a common widely-spread sparrow 😂 do they occur at Aceh?.. Thanks anyway for a compliment, indeed I am proud with some of these captures. and I send a Hive !BEER your way ☘️

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There is, but the color is slightly different, the sparrows in this place are very disturbing to the farmers.
What I like is that your shots are perfect.
Thank you too for the post.

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Excellent sparrow images found amongst your bird files. Sparrows make great models.

Good luck in the contest @qwerrie

!LADY

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Meowwww!! Sparrows are promising models, but in my personal experience -- looking at the archive --starlings to the job better 😁 Glad you love the visuals, and let me share some hive !PIZZA with you, Nina ☘️ ☘️ ☘️

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Куда пропал?

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Ну, я купил пресловутый Киберпанк-2077 и в январе-феврале играл как не в себя... но сейчас уже прошло! всмысле, прошел, челлендж выполнен. А еще у меня никак не писался пост про читательские итоги 2022 года. (Пришлось дажесамому себепообещать, что пока его не тисну, ничего другого писать не буду). Поэтому пауза растянулась на так долго... через силу, но добил. Да и зима у нас, сам знаешь, такая... световой день, мороз, влажность, ни гулять, ни фоткать, ничего не хочется. Вот читать, или играть, или кино смотреть... как видишь, просто постить на хайве не хотелось у меня комплексная отмазка. Но теперь посты будут. Сегодня роскошно погулял; чего только не встретил - на месяц постов хватило бы. ☘️
!BEER

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Absolutely spectacular Bird photography. 👌❤
A fascinating and very well done perspective! 🙌

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Grazie Mille, a pleasure to have compliment from you. 🙏

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