"I am a large, black, evil bird."

I saw this little guy grooming himself. He looked like he was pulling a

Dracula cape over his face. Any thoughts, critiques, advice, rating are

welcome. Thank you.

Great capture!

Cute. Neat picture. One suggestion: Crop off some of the left side of the image.

he looks like a swallow,and he looks nothing like a swallow.

The pose and eyes are immediately arresting, demonic; then his shiny form begins to look beautifully delicate as he grooms, and the light plays with his colors

Great capture, great treatment! Warm regards...

he looks like a tuff bird.... lol..grins

Steve, thank you.

 

Chuck, Thanks for the suggestion. I had thought about the cropping. I felt it looked too symetrical with the bird in the centre. Perhaps I over did it. I should try taking some of the left space out.

 

Mary, I think he may be a Blackbird. Thanks for commenting.

 

Donna, he really was delicate. I took several shots of him, this is the only one where he looks "demonic". Thanks for commenting.

 

 

Joe, thank you.

 

PNF, yes he does, thanks.

 

 

 

 

Demonic? Definitely spooky. What are you looking at???

Very nice photo. I don't see a evil, but a cross-eyed little bird. :)

Estupenda toma,ciertamente una pose y mirada que la hacen sobrecogedora.

 

Un cordial saludo -Tolo.

GREAT GREAT SHOT !!! Excelent. I love this photo.

Well captured moment. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting Linda, ominous "look" in its eyes. well composed.

I've been having a bit of computer trouble and have been logging on only sproradically. I'm late with my "thank you all" for your comments. I appreciate hearing from all of you. Warm regards, Linda

 

 

Very nice capture,congrat

Thanks for looking and commenting. Warm regards.

Marvelous capture! Looks like there are lights inside his eyes. Your treatment of this is really great. FWIW, from his iridescence, I'm wondering if this may be a Grackle... they are in the Blackbird family.

Thanks for looking and commenting. Maybe he is a Grackle, he did have a blueish, turquois iridescence. I will have to get a better bird identification book so I will know what I am talking about.

 

 

 

 

It's nice to know species and such, but it's also clear that you don't have to know the particular species to make an outstanding image!

Thank you again, what a nice thing to say!

Wow ! What a great shot Linda! Perfect timing on that pose! And those eyes!!!

Nicely done! I don't think I have ever seen a bird photo quite like this one.

I think, enature.com. will confirm it to be a grackle. I thought at first it to be a Brewers blackbird. Like everyone else well taken. I covered the left side with a sheet of paper and it did make the bird bolder.

Andrea, thank you!

 

Mick, thank you so much for telling me about enature.com. What a wonderful site. I had a look and I agree that this is most likely a Common Grackle. But it also says it "Breeds from northern Alberta, central Ontario, and Newfoundland south to Gulf Coast states east of Rockies, but expanding into Idaho and Washington in Northwest. Winters north to Kansas, southern Great Lakes region, and New England." and nothing about southern British Columbia. I'm attaching a different picture, this one is as it was right off the camera.

 

I think you are right about my cropping. Thanks again.

 

Warm regards to both of you!

 

 

Looking at your straight-from-the-camera shot, I'd put money on this being a Common Grackle. As for whether they're found in BC, well, I don't think they read maps very well :)