Silly Walk

Gallery: AvianPosted May 10, 2013101 views11 comments

This Black Bellied Bustard demonstrates its strange walking method, early in the morning oat Ishasha, Uganda.
1DX
500mm F4 MkII
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11 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 10, 2013 at 6:39 AM

Neat bird. Love the back feather pattern and dew on grass.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 10, 2013 at 7:42 AM

Great light on the bird Ken, a neat demo of it's walk.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 10, 2013 at 10:18 AM

Excellent lighting and detail. Great bg. I like the dew on the grass.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 10, 2013 at 2:23 PM

Great strut!
Fine detail, BG, and the dew is a big plus.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 10, 2013 at 10:54 PM

The "Ministry of Silly Walks"? Sorry...showing my age and my strong penchant for Monty Python. You really told a story of a wacky bird Ken.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 11, 2013 at 2:16 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments

Kurt
"Ministry of Silly Walks" indeed, I remember it well can it really be 1970

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 12, 2013 at 12:03 AM

Super Cool Bird! Captured very nicely Ken!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 12, 2013 at 2:42 AM

Ken,

Thanks very much

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 12, 2013 at 7:37 AM

You've caught a wonderful pose Ken, love that look in its eye!
Nice work

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Comment posted by Bill Marsh on May 12, 2013 at 8:29 PM

Nice capture of this bird doing his "silly dance". Good job and thanks for posting.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 13, 2013 at 2:22 AM

Howard and Bill,

Thanks very much

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