No.0048. Bath time
The glossy black plumage and the orange-yellow bill and eye ring of the mature male Blackbird makes it easily recognisable.
The mature female has dark-brown upper parts and underparts, and yellow-brown bill. The underparts are speckled and she usually has a pale throat (but not to be confused with the white-throated Ring Ouzel.
The juveniles are reddish-brown (rufous) with paler spotting that is similar to that of the adult female but more spotted and redder. After the juvenile female moults, late summer to autumn, she is indistinguishable from an older female. However, while the juvenile male moults his wing feathers will remain brown (known as a 1st-winter male), also the eye ring and bill will be a "dirty" yellow, and it will be another year before his plumage is entirely black, and his eye ring and bill are pure orange-yellow.
The following Lustre prints are available in sizes/prices :
12" x 8" £25.00
18" x 12" £45.00
30" x 20" £90.00
45" x 30" £150.00
An additional p&p charge of £8.00 will be added to each order.
Please email me through my Contact page if you wish to order a print or ask any questions you may have regarding my photography, which I will be very happy to answer.
The mature female has dark-brown upper parts and underparts, and yellow-brown bill. The underparts are speckled and she usually has a pale throat (but not to be confused with the white-throated Ring Ouzel.
The juveniles are reddish-brown (rufous) with paler spotting that is similar to that of the adult female but more spotted and redder. After the juvenile female moults, late summer to autumn, she is indistinguishable from an older female. However, while the juvenile male moults his wing feathers will remain brown (known as a 1st-winter male), also the eye ring and bill will be a "dirty" yellow, and it will be another year before his plumage is entirely black, and his eye ring and bill are pure orange-yellow.
The following Lustre prints are available in sizes/prices :
12" x 8" £25.00
18" x 12" £45.00
30" x 20" £90.00
45" x 30" £150.00
An additional p&p charge of £8.00 will be added to each order.
Please email me through my Contact page if you wish to order a print or ask any questions you may have regarding my photography, which I will be very happy to answer.
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