Yellow-Billed Oxpecker

Gallery: AvianPosted October 16, 2016300 views2 comments

A common bird in Africa. They pluck the tics and mites from many animals - cattle, giraffe, waterbuck, and others.

2014:05:19 06:40:10
D800
500mm
1/800 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Spot
ISO: 400
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 17, 2016 at 12:25 PM

They might be common, but the eye and beak make them a very neat looking bird, Sandy. Nice detail and I like the way you handled the "perch".

devil

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

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 19, 2016 at 12:07 PM

I like this Sandy, they may be common but I've never seen one live. You captured a nice pose with great detail and color. And the background works very well for the image. The red eye really pops!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments