Crossing

Gallery: AvianPosted March 13, 2014109 views8 comments

I have never seen this situation before, so this was quite special.
A family group of Ostrich cross the Mawagusi river in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
EOS 1DX
200-400mm F4 at 340mm
F5.6
ISO 800
1/4000

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on March 13, 2014 at 6:13 AM

An unusual sighting Ken. Fascinating. Could you discern any purpose to their crossing?

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Comment posted by John Tobias on March 13, 2014 at 8:46 AM

Interesting photo! Have not seen many photos of ostrich in groups. Would a slightly lower angle make the ostrich stand out more from the BG? Thanks for sharing this very interesting image.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 13, 2014 at 11:14 AM

Wonderful naturescape with a strong story as well. It is amazing to see how the young are as large or larger than some of the adults. On the adults - two females in the lead followed by the male? Well done.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 13, 2014 at 3:26 PM

Very nice behavioral shot.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on March 13, 2014 at 6:43 PM

Fun picture to see -- nicely done

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 13, 2014 at 11:39 PM

Very unusual capture. Love the ostriches and the fact that your capture shows off the habitat very well. Super capture.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 14, 2014 at 1:54 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments.
Martin,
I asked the chicken, he did not know either

John,
It would have been nice to get lower but the wet sand in the river bed was quite dangerous

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 14, 2014 at 3:09 PM

Amazing to see how big these birds are when seen in a wider landscape composition, very cool get together, thanks for posting.

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