Crowned Plover

Gallery: AvianPosted October 24, 201677 views5 comments

Taken in Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
EOS !DX
200-400 mm F.4 with 1.4 EX at 560 mm
F6.2
ISO 800
1/4000

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 24, 2016 at 9:53 AM

Interesting bird, Ken; it looks more like a lapwing than a plover. Good light, very nice detail in the wings, tails and neck. I wonder if the Shadows tool might let you tease some detail in the blacks?

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 24, 2016 at 12:26 PM

The raised foot is great, Ken.

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

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 25, 2016 at 2:12 PM

Great capture of this little guy (gal) Ken. The environment works well and the raised foot adds to the image too.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on October 25, 2016 at 7:58 PM

It really does look like a lapwing in many ways.. It also looks like a Pacific Golden plover which I had seen in Iceland when I was there last year. There were a lot of them. I really like this image. The foot really makes it happen.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 26, 2016 at 5:38 AM

Thanks everybody, much appreciated.
Lapwing or Plover?
These terms seem to be largely interchangeable and are dependent on where you live "Birds of Africa" lists this as Crowned Lapwing (Plover)

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments