And the award for the best dressed bird goes to ABC Wednesdays "C" – The Gray Catbird 
, featuring the classic Tweed!
More great "C" images can be found at the ABC Wednesday Headquarters – go check ‘em out!
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Cocky guy, with his nose in the air! Wonderful!
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Klaus: Wonderful capture and the pattern does look like tweed.
That is a beautiful photo.
Great capture.
Bear((( )))
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Tweed, indeed! My 2 cats would argue quite convincingly that all birds are Catbirds!
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I’ve never seen one of these before… and in Tweed as well…:O)
Wow…I love close-ups of feathers like that. It really does look like a tweed pattern. Amazing that you can capture that sort of detail. Good job, Klaus!
Hi Klaus! You have such a beautiful site and I visit if often. Just not enough commenting! Keep up the beautiful work.
Stunning capture of the Catbird and the Luna Moth is spectacular. What detail and sharpness!
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I not only love the bird but the background colors really set it off! Great shot as ususal!
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I like the catbird shot. I have never seen any around here. Am I right in thinking that they are called a catbird because of the call they make? I believe that is what somebody had told me.
Lisa
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Yep – that is correct – at least partially – they have something in their huge repertoire, that resembles a cat’s meow!
But for the most part they are more similar to the songs of the Mocking bird and only second to them in terms of variety of songs.
That really is an unbelievable shot!
Incredible detail and closeness… Great work.
Best regards, Don.
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I’d like to know what length lens you used for this one…no detail lost in getting close. Great shot!
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Here are the EXIF Data:
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D70S
Image Date: 2008:04:04 10:30:22
Flash Used: Yes (Manual, return light detected)
Focal Length: 270.0mm (35mm equivalent: 405mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: -0.67
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
WOW what a close up and so clear. Great job.
Outstanding photograph. Sharp as a tack.
Great C. Meowwww.
Troy
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He (?) is cute. The detail in the feathers is definitely tweed-like. Very nice.
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Great close up, love the details.
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Took my breath away! Outstanding Catbird mugshot!
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This is OUTSTANDING! It really looks like he has a tweed jacket on!
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