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Garrulus glandarius
Medium size corvid, of 32 to 35 cm long, and wingspan of 54 to 58 cm. It has very characteristic colours, including a white rump that is the basic detail to identify it in flight. It also has very striking blue colour in tertiary feathers. It is a very noisy bird. It is omnivorous feeding specially on acorns, that accumulate during autumn to eat them during the hard winter. It is not a very sociable corvid, gathering in smal family groups.
Scots pine forest in the mountains. Sierra de Guadarrama
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/160 sec. f/7.1 ISO Speed Rating: 400. Focal Length: 300.0 mm.
Spotted on Jun 20, 2012
Submitted on Jun 26, 2012
9 Comments
Thanks Leuba, the pine trees are Scots Pines (Pinus sylvestris) although we called them also red pines
Thanks fenystar
Wow
great pics arlanda ! - love the touches of blue in the bird's wings. The bark on the tree in pic # 3 is also a great colour and looks very interesting - it's obviously some kind of pine? I just noticed the lichens as well...
Thanks again Sachin
nice,
I just added one more pic to show what I usually see of this bird
Thanks Sachin, it is a very intelligent bird and usually I only see its white rump when it is flying away. I am very happy with these pics
Spectacular bird, lovely series,