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Screech 1
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Screech 1

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: AvianPosted July 15, 201483 views5 comments
Found this Crowned Plover making a horrible noise, as Plovers/Lapwings nearly always do :biggrin:

Taken in Meru National Park, Kenya
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm with 1.4 EX at 490 mm
F7.1
ISO 800
1/640

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 15, 2014 at 12:05 PM
Good timing to get the beak open. Just enough of a head turn to make the image work, nice job of getting this shot.
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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on July 15, 2014 at 2:27 PM
Great facial expresiion. I also like the soft lighting. Good stuff, Ken. :toast:
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 15, 2014 at 6:24 PM
Nice calling pose, Ken. Looks like you had some nice light for this one.

:toast:
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 15, 2014 at 9:04 PM
Like the open beak. Good job on the techs also Ken.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 17, 2014 at 3:12 AM
Thanks everybody for your comments, much appreciated :toast: :toast:
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