Coucal

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: AvianPosted December 9, 201373 views5 comments

I cannot really identify which sub species of Coucal this is, in practice they all look much the same to me

This was taken a long time ago (2008) on Mapula concession Botswana
EOS 1D MkIII
500mm F4
F5, ISO 400, 1/1000

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on December 9, 2013 at 7:06 AM

Great sharpness and color. BG seems busy and a little distracting, but it is where you found it.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 9, 2013 at 12:24 PM

beautiful, Ken. Great pose and excellent detail in the plumage.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 9, 2013 at 1:47 PM

Great catch - I love this species ! Nice to have it out in the open. Well done, cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by John Robinson on December 9, 2013 at 2:39 PM

Great picture and great looking bird. Shows how a backdrop with stuff in it can work too ,giving a sense of "being there"
Cheers
JR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 10, 2013 at 12:10 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments. This bird is rarely seen as open as this, but I do have an image from a very long time ago of one on top of a termite mound

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