Illegal birdwatching, a photo from Milan, Lombardia

Photographer's Note

This evening I escaped from the coronavirus arrests and went to dinner with my brother. He lives at a permitted distance, only 100 meters from my house, but obviously family reunions are prohibited. In his small garden I found this beautiful surprise. A young blackbird that is learning to fly but fortunately has proved very collaborative. Considering that the treknature site hasn't been working for a month, I thought I'd put it here, also to show something recently. A different photo in the WS.
The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It is also called Eurasian blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds),or simply blackbird where this does not lead to confusion with a similar-looking local species. It breeds in Europe, Asiatic Russia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. It has a number of subspecies across its large range; a few of the Asian subspecies are sometimes considered to be full species. Depending on latitude, the common blackbird may be resident, partially migratory, or fully migratory.

BIRDWATCHING ILLEGALE

Questa sera sono evaso dagli arresti coronavirus e mi sono recato a cena da mio fratello.Lui abita ad una distanza consentita, a soli 100 mt da casa mia, ma ovviamente le riunioni famigliari sono vietate. Nel suo piccolo giardino ho trovato questa bella sopresa. Un giovane merlo che sta imparando a volare ma che fortunatamente si � rivelato molto collaborativo. Considerando che il sito di treknature non funziona da un mese, ho pensato di metterla qui, anche per mostrare qualcosa di recente. Una foto differente nel WS.

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tyro (30513) 2020-04-17 16:55

Ciao caro Luciano,

What a wonderful surprise to find this young blackbird at your brother's garden! Perhaps you shouldn't have gone to visit your brother but, if you were caught by the sight of this beautiful young bird, I am sure you were careful to preserve social distancing with other human beings!

Blackbirds are common in Scotland (and in our garden too) and they have the most delightful and loud song. But I don't think I've ever seen such a fine photograph of such a young one as this.

Your workshop picture is delightful too. Did you use flash for these photographs? And, if so, does flash worry these birds?

Thank you so much for these lovely images!

Kind Regards,

John.

P.S. I only occasionally look at TN - so it is now having problems too? Oh, dear. I wonder for how much longer TE and TN can survive? And what about TL? - I used to put photos on there but not for a while.

pierrefonds (114422) 2020-04-17 17:11

Bonsoir Luciano,

Les feuilles et les branches cadrent bien l'oiseau. La prise de vue permet de voir les d騁ails du Merle noir. L'image est claire et pr馗ise. Bonne soir馥.

Pierre

Nicou (193806) 2020-04-17 20:29

Hello

Alors c'est un oiseau ill馮al il n'a pas le droit se sortir aussi il doit rester dans son nid en confinement superbe captage dans cette v馮騁ation son bec son 彿l quelle vue g駭ial.
Bravo et belle journ馥
Nicou

ifege (48055) 2020-04-17 21:17

Hi Luciano
Black birds are considered an absolute pest in Australia but I must admit that this illegally taken photo of one is great!
Stay safe.
cheers
Ian

ikeharel (113319) 2020-04-17 21:47

Buongiorno Luciano,
Two beautiful blackbird chick pictures.
taken full advantage of this opportunity, the outcome are magnificent close-up photos. Seems as you used the flash, maybe?
Have a nice weekend,
Ike

papagolf21 (152607) 2020-04-17 23:27

Bonjour, cher ami Luciano,
Mais les oiseaux font partie de la nature, et nous avons besoin de pouvoir les contempler, ils sont libres eux !
Tr鑚 belles compositions.
Amiti駸.
Philippe

jemaflor (147104) 2020-04-17 23:34

Salut Luciano,
Bien pris cet oiseau qui semble un peu effray�, parfait rendu avec cette lumi鑽e bien g駻馥 comme la mise au point, parfaite. Tr鑚 r騏ssi avec le plus du contraste de teintes entre le plumage et la v馮騁ation.

pajaran (115861) 2020-04-17 23:34

Pozdrav.
Lepa ptica.
Lepo pokazano, dobro uhvacen trenutak.
Lep pogled i trenutak, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Dobro je izaci iz stana i prosetati, ja sam jos u karantinu i ne izlazim iz stana.
Zelim vam lep dan, sve anjbolje.
Paja.

Greeting.
Beautiful bird.
Beautifully shown, well captured moment.
Nice view and moment, interesting and good text ...
It's good to get out of the apartment and take a walk, I'm still in quarantine and I'm not leaving the apartment.
Have a nice day, all the best.

emka (158128) 2020-04-18 0:09

Hello Luciano, So TrekNature doesn't work anymore. And what about TrekLens? I am afraid that one day we will see that also TE is gone forever. It is quite sure that it will happen, but when, this is the question.
But what a wonderful picture you could take. This cute birdie seems very young. It is sitting on the branch of yew. But is it safe? Are there no cats around? Once there was a very young bird in my garden. It couldn't fly still. After some time later, when I came to the garden again I saw a cat from the neighbourhood and there was no birdie anymore :(. But these are the laws of nature.
Stay healthy

MAlgo

Fis2 (170717) 2020-04-18 0:12

Witaj Luciano!
Excellent shot.
Beautiful bird makes impression.
Good framing, colors and depth.
Well done.
Nice weekend.
Keep safe.
Krzysztof

holmertz (102672) 2020-04-18 0:33

Hello Luciano,
It's a nice photo as such, but even nicer is that you managed to take a new photo. You captured the very young bird with perfect sharpness and found it in a place where it was so nicely surrounded by dark leaves. Let's hope this was a first sign of a return to a normal life.
Best regards,
Gert

Silvio1953 (221563) 2020-04-18 1:11

Ciao Luciano, eh sapessi che voglia ho io di farmi una passeggiata sui prati di Gavelli.., purtroppo oltre che con quelle vere mi va male anche con le farfalle virtuali, che su TN non mi fanno entrare pi�, so un accidenti perch�, bella la tua giallona, ma non riesco a commentarla, ottima cattura del grazioso uccellino , ma se per caso lo vede Roberto ti viene ad arrestare che hai violato la legge, per punizione sempre a casa durante il week end, stammi bene e fai attenzione, ciao Silvio

ktanska (44758) 2020-04-18 2:00

Hi Luciano,
This young bird is obviously quite confused, being caught in the middle of darkness. Your flash worked perfectly, the exposure is just right. Singing of blackbirds is one of my favourite spring memories, especially at the place where I grew up, far away from noise of a city.
Kari

alvaraalto (42804) 2020-04-18 2:02

Hello Luciano,
Two beautiful photos of this young common blackbird in the garden of your brother. He must have about the same age as the young "merel" in my garden. This blackbird yelled to his parents to give him some food again while he can already fly. Lazy creature.
I also need to take some pictures of it.
Excellent presentation
Be careful and stay safe, Rob

Royaldevon (85932) 2020-04-18 2:35

Ciao Caro Luciano,

Oh, such naughty behaviour!
But, wow, what a beautiful, sharp photograph of this young blackbird!
You mentioned in your critique to me, that blackbirds, along with the other dark-coloured birds are ugly but I love them. I love the see the male blackbirds, hopping across the lawn, looking for worms. Blackbirds are also the best sentries; their alarm calls ring out across the garden whenever a marauding cat appears!

This is a superb, sharp photograph and wonderfully achieved, considering the dark conditions. It is recognisable as a youngster, not only from its plumage but also, its overlarge beak!

Without TN operating, maybe we'll see more photographs, like this on TE.

Take care and keep safe,
Bev :-)

rychem (72187) 2020-04-18 7:23

A very nice bird portrait, when we stay at home for a long time, such trifles are very attractive, but it's not a butterfly :)
regards Ryszard

Tue (92328) 2020-04-18 8:36

Hello Luciano,
An excellent close-up photo of this young bird looking around from its hiding place among the green branches with its piercing eyes. Very well captured with good sharpness and clarity.
Lars

jmdias (115128) 2020-04-18 11:42

luciano

he is a big boy as we can see. nice flagrant so close of the animal, excellent quality.
here I am working almost inside normality. most of the town is working this way, but restaurants and bars are closed.

take care

jorge

Hormon_Manyer (394) 2020-04-18 11:49

Hi Luciano,
Now in the current quarantine times every minute what we can spend outdoors is like a lifesaving action, and the mot common plants-birds-fungi etc. are the most wonderful gifts we've ever received. Great shots of the blackbird chick, nice composition and proper flash usage as always from you. Congratulations, stay safe and thanks for the great images.
Kind regards from Ireland, L疽zl�

Miguel82 (47110) 2020-04-18 12:15

Luciano, that common blackbird chick is hidden in the foliage. It is a refuge to escape from the cats. That bird is found all over the world, it is well adaptated to the life close to human beings. Fine colors, good sharpness, interesting photo note, regards.

CLODO (45116) 2020-04-18 23:16

Bonjour Luciano

On devient cr饌tif quand on a la contrainte de rester chez soi, on est plus attentif � ce qui se passe � l'ext駻ieur. Le jeune merle ne pouvait pas s'envoler et tu as pu l'approcher de pr鑚.

Aller dans sa famille � 100 m鑼res de chez soi n'est pas en contravention avec cette nouvelle r鑒le!
Bon dimanche
CLODO

Ilonka1974 (10289) 2020-04-19 5:11

Hi Luciano,
Wow, what an excellent detailed photo of this bird. Great work.
Best regards
Janusz

kasianowak (17676) 2020-04-19 5:43

Ciao Luciano
This little photo model of yours is so cute. I love birds and I'm glad you posted it here. :-) Also, a very atmospheric image taken in the dark.
I hope your "house arrest" is over for the butterfly season... I'm guessing as important to you as opening of your bar in the summer...
Best wishes
Kasia

COSTANTINO (116452) 2020-04-19 9:19

Hello dear Luciano and have a nice time
hell my little bird!!!!
delicate and pretty
sensitive and eyecatching
pretty and beautiful
regards
Costantino

PaulVDV (62886) 2020-04-19 9:28

Hello Luciano,
The young bird's tail still needs to grow a lot.
Your main picture has the best composition with leaves all around the blackbird.
The black night functions great as a background.
Perfect sharpness! Excellent shot!
Best regards, Paul

PiotrF (54636) 2020-04-19 14:42

Hello Luciano,
Interesting capture of this young blackbird.
I like good composition, nice colors and good sharpness.
Fine presentation.
Regards
Piotr

aliabazari (22149) 2020-04-19 22:43

Hi dear friend Luciano
We are all looking forward to seeing our family and friends again. I hope this virus is controlled as soon as possible.
Beautiful portrait of this little bird. Good clarity and exposure.

adramad (72978) 2020-04-20 10:43

Hi Luciano.
Magnificent the photo of this blackbird, still very young, the greenery of the bush enhances him wonderfully at night, now without people in the streets the birds feel more free.
Very nice color, which together with good sharpness and optimal lighting, gives great quality to the image.
Well done. I like very much
You have a good day.
Best regards and stay safe.
Luis.

P.S. Luciano that you can go out even if it is only 100 meters away, it seems to me a liberation, we cannot go out at all and after 6 weeks, I already begin to feel shut up and anxious about the future and for now until May 11 we continue same; already two months. How horrible, sorry the roll but today I had to write that it seems that we are relieved.

gervaso (28177) 2020-04-21 17:48

Hello, Luciano!

At these days I miss going out to take photos of birds, and they must be everywhere with the cities so empty! I see you found an opportunity for that, and captured this bird a little scared and with very good light and sharpness! Very nice job!

quovadis (5711) 2020-04-21 22:39

Salute Luciano.

This is an amazing short story of your escape from home isolation into a free world of nature. This night encounter with the bird probably was worth the risk of being captured by the carabinieri squad or drone, haha. An excellent capture, congratulation !!!

mesutilgim (0) 2020-04-23 10:00

Hello Luciano,
Another perfect capture/entry in your gallery.
Taken with perfect pov and sharpness. As if she has noticed the photographer.
Nice framign and many good, usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

GyurMaster (24818) 2020-04-24 11:03

Hello Luciano,

Our curfew is not as rigorous as yours and has been in force only from a month, but I'm staring to be fed up with it. So, I can understand your frustration and strives to get free. Anyhow, this tiny family reunion resulted in a very nice nature shot.

Best Wishes,
Gy.

ChrisJ (171822) 2020-04-27 20:56

Ciao Luciano,

I think Treknature has been closed down permanently, more's the pity. But I am glad you have posted it here instead. A nice profiled view of the young blackbird with good use of a shallow dof. Tfs!

Didi (61589) 2020-04-28 10:36

Ciao Luciano
J'adore la chasse photo
L'oiseau est tr鑚 bien captur� image nette
Je suis toujours sur Facebook et j'appr馗ie tes photos
Amiti駸

clic (76) 2020-05-04 13:04

Ciao Luciano
What a cute little creature living at your brother's garden!
Let's hope it will become a 'resident' bird and sing beautiful melodies to your whole family!! Neat resolution on its plumage too! Ciao

jean113 (27853) 2020-05-12 12:51

Hello Luciano, this is a delightful shot of the young blackbird. The sharp quality where we can see every feather and all its features is excellent.
The light could not be better.
Thanks for sharing, regards Jean.

mcmtanyel (68479) 2020-05-18 22:24

Hello Luciano,
He's a cute little fellow. 👍🏻👍🏻 I am glad you were able to sneak out of your house, i won't tell anyone!
Regards,
MT