Thursday 8 May 2014

Female blackbird

I was lucky to take this picture of a female blackbird in our back yard:

This blackbird and her mate have a nest nearby, which contains chicks who should be departing from it any day now. She is calling to another bird, likely her mate or her chicks; she bounced off into the bushes less than a minute after I took this picture. It's amazing how much the female blackbird differs in appearance to the male.

It was taken through a window using my camera's full optical zoom, hence the reflection present in the right half of the image.

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