Egyptian Goose

Gallery: AvianPosted April 20, 201648 views6 comments

Possibly Africa's most annoying bird for the endless raucous noise it makes, at least where we live.
Taken on the Savute Channel area of Chobe National Park, Botswana.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 560 mm
F 7.1
ISO 800
1/3200

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hansen on April 20, 2016 at 12:15 PM

Interesting image Ken. Looks like it's taking a bath? A few years ago I lived near a city pond here in California that included an Egyptian goose that mingled with the typical city pond waterfowl. Guess someone released it there, having had enough of its obnoxious vocalizations!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 20, 2016 at 4:48 PM

Good shot, Ken. Nice low angle, interesting behavior and sweet light.

They've got this species at the zoo here, and you are right about the vocalizations.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 20, 2016 at 5:12 PM

Cool action with the water dripping off of him Ken, it looks like it might need a touch of ccw rotation. devil

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 20, 2016 at 7:03 PM

In this image, at least, it has a pretty pugnacious look as well, Ken. I really like the pose and the water streaming off the bird. Nicely done.

devil

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 21, 2016 at 6:38 AM

Thanks everybody, I cannot imagine how anybody could introduce this species, but it does have nice colours sad

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 23, 2016 at 2:27 PM

I really like the POV and falling water in this one Ken. I think it needs a little CCW rotation from what I can tell. I usually use the water rings as a guide on these type of images.

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