Juvenile Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
Description
- Title:
- Juvenile Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
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The Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a member of the dove and pigeons family Columbidae. It is locally known in south east England as the Culver.
In the colder northern and eastern parts of its Europe and western Asia range the Common Wood Pigeon is a migrant, but in southern and western Europe it is a well distributed and often abundant resident.
The three Western European Columba pigeons, Common Wood Pigeon, Stock Pigeon, and Rock Pigeon, though superficially alike, have very distinctive characteristics; the Common Wood Pigeon may be identified at once by its larger size at 38–43 cm, and the white on its neck and wing. It is otherwise a basically grey bird, with a pinkish breast.
Juvenile birds do not have the white patches on either side of the neck. When they are about 6 months old (about 3 months out of the nest) they gain small white patches on both sides of the neck, which gradually enlarge until they are fully formed when the bird is about 6–8 months old (approx. ages only). Juvenile birds also have a greyer beak and an overall lighter grey appearance than adult birds.
Description taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Wood_Pigeon
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Animalia
- Animals
- Chordata
- Chordates
- Aves
- Birds
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
- Pigeons and Doves
- Columba
- Typical pigeons
- Young
- Columba palumbus
- Common Wood Pigeon
- Juvenile
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- _DSC1371a.nef
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- Original File Dimensions:
- 3649px x 2225px
- File Type:
- JPEG
- Color Mode:
- RGB
- Original Image Color Profile:
- Nikon Adobe RGB 4.0.0.3000
Location
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- Sublocation:
- City:
- Market Harborough
- Province/State:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- World Region:
- Europe
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Rights
- Copyright Status:
- Copyrighted
- Licensing Status:
- Rights Managed
- Available for Editorial Use:
- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- Yes
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2010 Dave Kennard
Camera Data
- Date Digital Resource was created:
- Shutter speed:
- 1⁄45 s
- Aperture:
- f/5.6
- Camera Model:
- Nikon D200
- ISO:
- 400
- Exposure Compensation:
- 0
- Focal Length:
- 300mm
- Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
- 450mm
- Metering Mode:
- Multi-segment
- Flash:
- No Flash
- Exposure Mode:
- Auto
- White Balance:
- Manual
- Light Source:
- Cloudy
- Exposure Program:
- Aperture-priority AE
Additional shooting metadata
- Lens:
- Nikon AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor ED 70-300mm F4.5-5.6G(IF)
- Filters used:
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- B+W UV 010 MRC
- Additional Optics used:
- Setup:
- Handheld
Post Processing
- Image Modified:
- Software used:
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- Nikon Capture NX 2
- Post Processing:
White balance adjusted in CNX2
Top and left of image cropped off in CNX2