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The Blog - Site news, articles and posts on my photographic outings in the field, starting with the most recent. In this section “Over time” you can follow the Camargue birds over the different seasons.
Many articles are devoted to a particular bird. I give you some indications on its identification, its place of life and reproduction, and its protection status... These articles are obviously accompanied by a photo gallery dedicated to this bird.
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Lesser Flamingo
December 2, 2023
The Lesser Flamingo is a species of bird found from Africa (mainly in the Great Rift Valley) to India. It is the smallest of the 4 species of flamingos and also the most numerous. Its main breeding ground is Lake Natron in Tanzania. The high pH of the water makes it difficult for predators to approach. Its plumage is mostly pinkish white. The clearest difference from the Greater Flamingo, the only other species living ...
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Purple Heron
November 2, 2023
Purple heron has purplish-brown plumage with slaty-grey wings, reddish-brown breast, black abdomen and purplish-red flanks and scapulars. Eyes are light yellow and its head is decorated with a black cap, the back of the neck being reddish brown and white on the front with black streaks approaching the top of the chest which is decorated with longer feathers at the mating season. The long pointed bill ...
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Greylag Goose
October 9, 2023
Greylag Goose is a species of bird belonging to the Anatidae family. Furthermore, this elegant web-footed bird is the ancestor of most breeds of domestic geese. Wild varieties have grey-beige plumage, darker and brown on the nape, flanks, upper wings and upper tail. These brown feathers are veined with the same gray-beige as the underside of the bird. The sides are tinged ...
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Sensors in digital photography
September 4, 2023
I's been some time since I wanted to develop an article on Sensors in digital photography. This little rectangle of silicon that has replaced our good old rolls of silver film rolls in our cameras has the same function (recording an image), but nevertheless has special characteristics ...
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House Sparrow
August 3, 2023
Sparrows are birds of the Passeridae family, divided into several species, the most common of which is the house sparrow. The adult male house sparrow has a brown back streaked with black. Scapulars are chestnut. Wings are brownish with white wing-bars. Rump is grey. Tail is dark grey-brown. The underparts are paler, with plain gray breast and belly. In breeding plumage, the male has a black bib. The head is dark ...
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Eurasian Coot
July 21, 2023
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. Larger than the moorhen (with which some confuse it), the Eurasian coot is a rounded bird. Its plumage seems entirely black, in fact it is anthracite-grey. The toes of the Eurasian Coot are not webbed, but provided with lobes. The plumage of most specimens is almost entirely black. It has a white beak surmounted by an equally white frontal shield ...
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Squacco Heron
July 3, 2023
Squacco Heron is a species of medium-sized wading bird in the family Ardeidae. It is characterized by a generally deep buff or light brown color. Its grayish beak in all seasons becomes blue-turquoise at the time of reproduction. This one has orange legs. The plumage of its head is remarkable since it is adorned with many brown and white crests. In flight, it looks completely different since it is the white color of its wings ...
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European Bee-eater
June 14, 2023
European bee-eater of Meropidae Family is a skilful hunter, catching insects in flight. This has also earned him his nickname "Hunter of Africa". These are mainly wasps, bees, hornets, as well as dragonflies in the Camargue. It is the size of a thrush. Its colors with metallic reflections are composed of the turquoise blue-green of the belly, the chest and the bottom of the wings, brown-red on ...
Tutorial
Ethical practices in nature photography
June 6, 2023
Any photographer frequenting natural places to practice his hobby, whether landscape photography, or wildlife photography must know the principles of an "ethical practice in nature photography" of his activity. Nature and animal photography has developed a lot in recent years. Digital photography through its evolution has facilitated this development. The proliferation of social networks ...
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Barn Swallow
June 01, 2023
Barn Swallow is a small, migratory passerine species living in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. This bird is also known as the Chimney Swallow or the Barn Swallow. It is a bird with a blue-black upperparts with metallic sheen which contrasts with the whitish underparts washed with rufous. She has a sleek, slender figure with a forked tail. This one is very indented, the strands called the "nets" are however very apparent and longer...
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European Greenfinch
May 16, 2023
European Greenfinch is a stocky passerine about the size of the house sparrow. Its body is compact, an effect accentuated by the rather short tail and the large conical beak. The male is olive-yellow green with bright yellow spots on the wings and on its forked tail at the outer rectrices. It also has less bright yellow spots on its head, belly, and flanks. The female is darker and less green than the male ...
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Common Pochard
May 9, 2023
It is a medium-sized bird, slightly smaller than the mallard, with a short tail, the back of which is oriented upwards when swimming. Its long neck and its long beak with a concave culmen which continues with a sloping front give it a fairly typical profile, with a slightly conical crown. In all plumages, the wings show a diffuse greyish bar. The male in courtship has a reddish-brown head, a black beak with a pale gray ...
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Mute Swan
May 2, 2023
Mute Swan is a species of bird in the Anatidae family. Its name comes from the bump it has on its beak, called a tubercle. Its plumage is immaculate white. Eyes are hazel in color. Beak is orange with a black tab at the end. The short, webbed legs are blackish. The two sexes are identical, except in spring: the tuber is then larger in the male than in the female. In juveniles...
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Mallard
April 25, 2023
The Mallard is a species of bird of the order Ansériformes, of the family Anatidae. It is the best known and recognizable of all ducks, due to the existence of breeds of domestic ducks descended from this species. The male of the wild populations is easily recognizable, during the nuptial period, by his shiny green head. The rest of the plumage is grey-brown to white, with a blue-purple wing patch; the beak ...
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European Goldfinch
April 18, 2023
European Goldfinch is a species of passerine bird of the finch family, partially migratory, small and very motley. Thus, the adult has a scarlet red face surrounded by white and black, a brown back and sides, a black tail with white spots and a white rump. The plumage of its wings is black striped with a wide band of bright yellow. Sexual dimorphism is not marked in this species. The female is however a little less motley than the male ...
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