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File:Fish crow in Red Hook (42759).jpg, featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family_:_Corvidae_(Crows,_Jays_and_Magpies)
•  Info Visually, fish crows are practically indistinguishable from the much more common American crow. They're identified mainly by their call, a cute little nasal caw. I typically just hear them as they fly overhead, often with American crows, and this was the first time I was able to get close enough for a decent shot. I took a few, and debated which to nominate (see also 1 2 3), but figure this one while vocalizing was best. all by — Rhododendrites ^talk |  17:07, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  17:07, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Comment The bird is beautiful, but why did you blur the thing (top of a fence?) it's standing on so much? That's distracting to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:28, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
  • The blurring is just from the 300mm (600mm full frame equivalent) at f/6.3, which makes for a pretty narrow depth of field. I could've boosted the ISO for a smaller aperture but I'd be worried about noise on such a dark subject. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  18:52, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

•  Support Thanks for explaining. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:54, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

•  Oppose I don't like the man-made perch and background. 22:00, 4 March 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlesjsharp (talk • contribs)
•  Support I think the urban background is a fitting setting for a crow. —Percival Kestreltail (talk) 23:54, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Special attitude and nice striking bokeh -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:28, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --IamMM (talk) 07:02, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Striking motif, great shot. -- Radomianin (talk) 08:55, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Commonists 15:25, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

• Another sockpuppet of Livioandronico2013. - Benh (talk) 14:35, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Support --Isiwal (talk) 16:58, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 04:04, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support per Percival. --Aristeas (talk) 11:08, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose For a shot like this I expect that at least the head is sharp RolfHill (talk) 11:24, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

  It is. --A.Savin 16:18, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

•  Support --A.Savin 16:18, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose unpleasant background --Uoaei1 (talk) 08:57, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 16:22, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support with the apparent blur on the head explained. It might be a little better with a tighter crop, but I will defer to the photographer on that.

  I also always do a slight double take at "Red Hook" ... I know here it's the Brooklyn neighborhood, but for me, in my region of the state, it's the town at the northwestern corner of Dutchess County, where I was just yesterday visiting my son. So I briefly caught myself wondering when you'd found time to come up this way . Daniel Case (talk) 02:14, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

  • Not recently, but I've spent a decent amount of time in both Red Hooks. If the restaurant Murray's still exists in Tivoli, I'd recommend it. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk |  02:41, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 08:58, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --SM:!) (talk) 17:15, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- The background doesn't bother me. —Bruce1ee^talk 06:07, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose Insufficiently sharp. -- Karelj (talk) 15:03, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:19, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family_:_Corvidae_(Crows,_Jays_and_Magpies)