Preening

Gallery: AvianPosted March 29, 201548 views5 comments

This Shoebill actually moves for a while, swamps at the southern end of Lake Albert Uganda.
EOS 1DX
200- 400 F 4 at 400 mm
F8
ISO 400
1/1000

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 29, 2015 at 11:43 AM

That's an amazingly ugly bird and it stands out so nicely against the all green background.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 29, 2015 at 5:43 PM

I guess there's a photographic advantage to that big beak. It's harder for the bird to hide the eye when it's preening. A very nice image, Ken. I always like this kind of image and you did it well.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 30, 2015 at 1:33 AM

I think I could view about 1,000 more images of these guys Ken. So cool looking! He stands out nicely against that entirely green BG of grass.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 31, 2015 at 5:01 AM

Thanks every body, I have to say I agree with Kurt, I find these birds have a compelling beauty.
There will be more (but not a thousand

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 31, 2015 at 10:25 AM

These Shoebills are so cool. Nice preening action, never get tired of these!

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