Ruaha Red Billed Hornbill

Gallery: AvianPosted April 5, 201452 views3 comments

This is a male displaying to attract a mate, sadly for him when we were with him having a cup of tea, his efforts did not payoff.
Taken in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 EX at 560 mm
F5.6
ISO 800
1/1600

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 5, 2014 at 6:07 PM

Maybe you should have shared a cup of tea with him for his efforts Ken.

However, the caffeine may have knocked off his feathers....Like the position of the wings and nice exposure on this one.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 5, 2014 at 10:42 PM

Doesn't look like this guy's going to win many beauty contests, Ken. I like the pose and the image looks nice and sharp.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 7, 2014 at 3:19 AM

Kurt and Dennis,

Thanks very much

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