About Blake Shaw

  • I am a photographer based in San Diego. I now specialize in bird photography, but also regularly photograph scenes of Mexico, Route 66, tennis, bicycle racing, flowers, and people. My work hangs in galleries in San Diego and elsewhere, and I am available for slide shows, lectures, and exhibitions.

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October 01, 2015

Yellow-headed Blackbird

A Yellow-headed Blackbird, singing in the rain in Sierra Valley, California.

Many listeners compare the song of the Yellow-headed Blackbird to a bird being strangled, but apparently female Yellow-headed Blackbirds appreciate it.

Photographed in June of the year.

Yellow-headed blackbird

Posted at 05:45 AM in Birds |

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Tjie Poo

I can almost hear the strangling sound from where I am. Fantastic capture !

Posted by: Tjie Poo | October 01, 2015 at 02:12 PM

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