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Oriental -dove


Oriental -dove
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Copyright: Zahoor Ahmed (zahoor_salmi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 108 W: 0 N: 434] (4366)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-06
Categories: Decisive Moment
Camera: Cannon 40D, Canon 400mm L 5.6
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/800 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-07-20 2:10
Viewed: 134
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Oriental Turtle-dove (Streptopelia orientalis) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, doves and pigeons.

It has two distinctive races, S. o. orientalis in the central Siberian taiga, and S. o. meena in open woodland in central Asia. Two white eggs, as for all pigeons and doves, are laid in a twig nest in a tree.

Southernmost populations are resident, but most other birds migrate south to winter in India, southeast Asia, and southern Japan. This species is a rare vagrant to northern and western Europe. S. o. orientalis occurs as a rarity in western Alaska and British Columbia.

This small species is very similar in plumage to its European counterpart, the Turtle Dove. It is a little larger than that species, particularly in the case of orientalis, about the same size as a Collared Dove. It shares the black and white striped patch on the side of its neck, but the breast is less pink, and the orange-brown wing feathers of Turtle Dove are replaced with a browner hue, and darker centres.

The tail is wedge shaped, again like the Turtle Dove, but S. o. orientalis has a grey tip to the tail. S. o. meena has a white tip to its tail like Turtle Dove. The flight is more relaxed and direct than that of its relative. The call is quite different from the purr of the Turtle Dove.
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  • Great 
  • psyce Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 174 W: 11 N: 100] (1657)
  • [2009-07-20 2:17]

great shot.... you captured the moment before the flaps his wings.... very sharp and great DOF... good post processing skills...

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  • KBE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 451 W: 103 N: 594] (2743)
  • [2009-07-20 2:25]

Salam Zahoor Bhai
Brilliant capture!
Well seen and excellent timing!
Loved the texture on his wings, great sharpness and clarity!

Congratulations on this one! :)

Regards,
Jahanzeib Malik

another brilliant capture Zahoor.
good decisive shot.
good colors and sharpness.

Regards,
Sanjib.

Hi
Beautiful picture,Zahoor.Well captured moment.Good colours and DOF. Nice framing.Good work .

TFS
Have a NiceDay :)
-Neuro_Toxin

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