White-faced Whistling Duck
Sunbathing in the morning light next to a small body of fresh water, this little duck never moved while I enjoyed sitting duck photography time! Not endangered, these birds flock in numbers up to 70k in West Africa, are noisy apparently, yeah well they whistle, I have not had the pleasure of witnessing either.
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS _f_6.9 1/400 sec ISO-160 Focal length 172 mm
White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is found in sub-Saharan Africa and South America, feeding on seeds and other water plant food, normally moving around from dusk to dawn and finding refuge among reeds and weeds during the day.
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS _f_5.6 1/500 sec ISO-800 Focal length 64 mm
Glistening rusty plumage under the white neck, chestnut wing and shoulders, with barred black on white on the flanks, a black bill and blue/black feet, a pretty little duck I have not seen very often.
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS _f_6.3 1/160 sec ISO-200 Focal length 105 mm
Woolly-necked Stork
A bird that has become more settled between our rivers on the East Coast of South Africa, the population has grown in numbers. Found in India, Sri Lanka and Philippines with a population in sub-Saharan Africa.
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS _f_6.3 1/320 sec ISO-160 Focal length 120 mm
Flash of colours reflect off their wings, standing together at the Amanzimtoti City Hall verandah sunning themselves like two men of the cloth with the white neck, or perhaps they are dirty old men opening their raincoats for all to peek in... You decide!
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS _f_5.6 1/500 sec ISO-200 Focal length 78 mm
Sauntering off to find earth worms, insects, small frogs or lizards they wander down the lawns not afraid of humans walking with their dogs, one wrong move they will be up and off, the joy of confidence in flight.
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS _f_5.6 1/200 sec ISO-80 Focal length 25 mm
Mixing together the Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus) ambling down the slight gradient stabbing away at the ground with their beaks along with the Hadeda Ibis, another bird showing all the colours of the rainbow in their beautiful feathers.
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