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Rick A. Phillips · May 24th, 2007, 01:28 PM

Now that the pressure of UWOL #3 is over, I can get back to playing around with the blackbirds. The males are now very actively defending territories and the females busy with feeding chicks, or incubating eggs. Here is a short of a beautiful male displaying on a cattail stem.

Rick

Bob Thompson · May 24th, 2007, 02:37 PM

Rick,

A beautiful bird and nice shot, how about uploading a HQ version to Internet Birds http://www.hbw.com/ibc/

Bob

Rick A. Phillips · May 24th, 2007, 05:13 PM

Thanks Bob. I had considered contributing to the IBC before, but I wasn't aware it was possible to upload to the site. Thought you had to send it on a DVD or CD. I'll email their contact address and see what they have to say.

Rick

Mark Williams · May 24th, 2007, 05:39 PM

Rick,

Really nice clip. It was good to hear its call also. What mic setup are you using for long distance shots?

Regards,

Geir Inge · May 24th, 2007, 05:42 PM

Hi Rick.
Beautiful clip of your Blackbird there.
I can see it is a bit different than our Blackbird, with the red on it's wings, our is all black.
Here's a photo I took this winter, visiting my birdfeeder.
I've cut the pic, for use on my website.
It is taken with my Canon EOS 350D still camera.

Rick A. Phillips · May 24th, 2007, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geir Inge

Hi Rick.
Beautiful clip of your Blackbird there.
I can see it is a bit different than our Blackbird, with the red on it's wings, our is all black.
Here's a photo I took this winter, visiting my birdfeeder.
I've cut the pic, for use on my website.
It is taken with my Canon EOS 350D still camera.

Thank you, Geir. Although the name is the same...the two birds are not very closely related, as your blackbird is in the Thrush family (like our American Robin and bluebirds) and the Red-winged Blackbird is in a different family all together. Both are really pretty birds.

Rick

Brendan Marnell · May 25th, 2007, 07:14 AM

Beautiful clip Rick, thank you; more, more

Dale Guthormsen · May 27th, 2007, 09:24 AM

Rick,

nice footage!! I have yellow headed black birds here, if you like I can try to grab one for you to see.

What compression settings are you using?? 320x240?? etc.

thanks for sharing.

Rick A. Phillips · May 27th, 2007, 10:42 AM

Dale, would love to see a Yellow-headed Blackbird clip. Interesting story about this. A few years ago one showed up in a huge flock of mixed wintering blackbirds not to far away in Greene County, Tennessee. A group of us went over to see the bird (extremely rare in Tennessee). We were looking thru binocs scanning the feeding flocks for the bird. Finally we spotted it. Just seconds after I first saw this lifer the whole flock burst into the sky like a bomb exploding. Put the binocs down just in time to see a Peregrine Falcon stoop into the flock and pull out a red-wing. Never did see the Yellow-headed again.

I cropped out the video a bit to a 16:9 format and then resized and compressed it with Windows Media Encoder 9 using a setting for streaming and a bitrate of around 340 Kbps in 428x240 size.

Rick

May 24th, 2007, 05:39 PM	#4
Mark Williams Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Deep South, U.S. Posts: 1,526	Rick, Really nice clip. It was good to hear its call also. What mic setup are you using for long distance shots? Regards, __________________ Mark videos: http://vimeo.com/channels/3523 Stock: http://www.pond5.com/artist/mark29

May 24th, 2007, 05:42 PM	#5
Geir Inge Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Larsnes, Norway Posts: 1,343	Hi Rick. Beautiful clip of your Blackbird there. I can see it is a bit different than our Blackbird, with the red on it's wings, our is all black. Here's a photo I took this winter, visiting my birdfeeder. I've cut the pic, for use on my website. It is taken with my Canon EOS 350D still camera. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Geir Inge B. Brekke Visit me at: https://vimeo.com/gibbfilm

May 27th, 2007, 09:24 AM	#8
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Rick, nice footage!! I have yellow headed black birds here, if you like I can try to grab one for you to see. What compression settings are you using?? 320x240?? etc. thanks for sharing. __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

May 24th, 2007, 02:37 PM	#2
Bob Thompson Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 340	Rick, A beautiful bird and nice shot, how about uploading a HQ version to Internet Birds http://www.hbw.com/ibc/ Bob

May 24th, 2007, 05:13 PM	#3
Rick A. Phillips Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: kingsport, tennessee Posts: 123	Thanks Bob. I had considered contributing to the IBC before, but I wasn't aware it was possible to upload to the site. Thought you had to send it on a DVD or CD. I'll email their contact address and see what they have to say. Rick

May 25th, 2007, 07:14 AM	#7
Brendan Marnell Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 938	Beautiful clip Rick, thank you; more, more

May 27th, 2007, 10:42 AM	#9
Rick A. Phillips Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: kingsport, tennessee Posts: 123	Dale, would love to see a Yellow-headed Blackbird clip. Interesting story about this. A few years ago one showed up in a huge flock of mixed wintering blackbirds not to far away in Greene County, Tennessee. A group of us went over to see the bird (extremely rare in Tennessee). We were looking thru binocs scanning the feeding flocks for the bird. Finally we spotted it. Just seconds after I first saw this lifer the whole flock burst into the sky like a bomb exploding. Put the binocs down just in time to see a Peregrine Falcon stoop into the flock and pull out a red-wing. Never did see the Yellow-headed again. I cropped out the video a bit to a 16:9 format and then resized and compressed it with Windows Media Encoder 9 using a setting for streaming and a bitrate of around 340 Kbps in 428x240 size. Rick