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Aug 24, 2009 07:46 | #1

Whatever it was, it was content to let me stalk up to about 2m away (this is full frame) and let me snap away, run out of battery, go back indoors, change battery, come back outside and get up close again.

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I think this is a juvie thrush, but my wife says Blackbird.

Please help me in proving her wrong....

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Aug 24, 2009 10:47 | #2

Great photo! It's a young male Blackbird, just beginning to get some of its adult feathers.

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Aug 24, 2009 11:36 | #3

I agree with Jack, nice close-up of a young blackbird. He doesn't seem to mind associating with stone/pottery toads.

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I was "Prime Mover" many years back....

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Aug 24, 2009 11:37 | #4

Didn't seem to mind me walking up close to him either.

Oh well, I owe my wife dinner now...

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Aug 24, 2009 11:39 | #5

They can be quite tame, when they get used to you, certainly coming past MFD of a telephoto

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Aug 24, 2009 16:02 | #6

Nice shot...

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