Tag: Red-winged Blackbird

Walks On the South Bruce Peninsula

Post author By David Meredith
Post date 31/08/2021
15 Comments on Walks On the South Bruce Peninsula

This week Amy has given us the theme Keep Walking for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge.

I thought the theme was ideal for a look back at some of the photos from my walks around parts of the South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario this year.

Two Orange Daylilies in front of a large limestone boulder. I used a fast portrait lens to isolate the flowers and the limestone boulder to provide some negative space.

I parked the car and walked along a back road when I saw the rising sun shining through mist over scrubland.

One of my experiments with intentional camera movement on a walk around the neighborhood last spring.

A male Red-winged Blackbird displaying shortly after sunrise. Another walk along a back road on my way home from the sunrise at the local bay.

2021

Sunrise Display

Post author By David Meredith
Post date 10/05/2021

A backlit male Red-winged Blackbird displaying at sunrise on the South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario yesterday morning.

Tags 2021, backlit, David M's PhotoBlog, David Meredith, display, male, negative space, Red-winged Blackbird, South Bruce Peninsula, spring, sunrise

Weekly Topics

Female Red-winged Blackbird

Post author By David Meredith
Post date 10/04/2021
3 Comments on Female Red-winged Blackbird

My Saturday Bird this week is a female Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) and is a follow up to my Saturday Bird two weeks ago which was a male Red-winged Blackbird.

I waited two weeks to post the female because the males normally arrive some time before the females. This allows the males to set up territories before the females arrive.

This female was photographed in central Saskatchewan in the spring.

Tags David M's PhotoBlog, David Meredith, female, Little Quill Lake, Red-winged Blackbird, Saskatchewan, Saturday Bird, spring

Weekly Topics

Male Red-winged Blackbird

My Saturday Bird this week is the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). The species is found in most of North America and much of Central America.

Northern populations are migratory heading south for the winter. This is a male singing to proclaim his territory and attract a mate having just arrived in central Saskatchewan, Canada in the spring.

Tags David M's PhotoBlog, David Meredith, male, Punnichy, Red-winged Blackbird, Saskatchewan, Saturday Bird, singing, spring

Photo Challenges

“Blackbird”

This is my very late contribution to the Tuesday Photo Challenge – All You Need Is Love prompt.

I admit I had forgotten about the challenge until seeing the contribution from Cee Neuner.

Blackbird is a song on The Beatles White Album.

A small selection of Blackbirds.

A male Yellow-headed Blackbird.

Male Red-winged Blackbird.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Old and New

Male Common Blackbird.

Female Red-winged Blackbird.

Tags bird, Common Blackbird, female, fpj-photo-challenge, male, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird

Lens-Artists

Negative Space

This is my contribution to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Negative Space prompt.

The prompt started me thinking about some of the photos of plants and flowers I have taken using various fast portrait lenses this summer.

That started me thinking about my use of negative space in some of my bird photography.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Negative Space — Portrait of a Coneflower.

Wordless Wednesday: 12th August 2020 — Wild Carrot flowers.

Tags Coneflower, female, Lens-Artists, Queen Anne's Lace, Red-winged Blackbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Wild Carrot, young

CFFC

CFFC: Sense of Hearing

My idea for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sense of Hearing quickly came to mind. Waking up in the spring to various birds singing and calling to proclaim their territories made it an obvious choice.

In the spring the males of lots of bird species are proclaiming their territories by singing and calling. As much as humans may enjoy hearing some of these songs they’re doing it to let rival males know they’re claiming the area as their territory and to attract a female.

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Sense of Hearing

A European Robin proclaims the area as his territory, Faddiley, Cheshire.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Special Spot Shots

A male Yellow-headed Blackbird proclaiming his territory in Saskatchewan.

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Sense of Hearing

A Tree Pipit singing from the top of a tree on Bickerton Hill in southern Cheshire.

One Word Sunday: Inspiration

A male Red-winged Blackbird proclaiming his territory in Saskatchewan.

Tags bird, CFFC, Cheshire, European Robin, male, Red-winged Blackbird, Saskatchewan, singing, spring, territory, Tree Pipit, Yellow-headed Blackbird