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Black-headed weaver building a nest

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Original – The Village or Black-headed weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi). Males build their nests in hope that a female will be impressed by their skill. This bird in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda should have no problems attracting a mate.
Reason
Illustrates detail of nest very clearly. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Black-headed weaver Ploceidae
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominatorCharles ( talk) 14:08, 11 May 2017 (UTC) reply
  • Very nice, but do I see some haloing or chromatic aberrations around the bird's back?  —  Chris Woodrich ( talk) 11:21, 12 May 2017 (UTC) reply
  • I don't see anything. The back feathers have motion blur of course. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 19:12, 12 May 2017 (UTC) reply
  • It's the opposite of blur. It's almost overly sharp, except for some haloing.  —  Chris Woodrich ( talk) 01:18, 13 May 2017 (UTC) reply
  • I'd not seen the article you mention @ J Milburn:. The article for the Yellow-backed weaver (a different species) was incorrect named black-headed weaver and my link went to it. I've now renamed the article. Do you think it should be the main picture? I've added the image to the page Ploceidae. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 09:09, 14 May 2017 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:49, 21 May 2017 (UTC) reply