Pin-Tailed Whydah on the fly


Posted by MoniqueA on Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:14 am

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Caught this pin-tailed whydah fluttering up and down to woo his potential partner and aggressively shooing off interlopers - Mankwe Dam Hide, Pilanesberg Game Park, North-West Province, South Africa

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by swanuck on Sat Feb 18, 2017 9:26 am
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unusual bird nice turn
 

by Gaurav Mittal on Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:56 am
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I do like this perspective, it works well because of the smooth green background.
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by david fletcher on Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:06 pm
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excellent behaviour captured. like the way it occupies the frame... nice one
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by Axel Hildebrandt on Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:03 pm
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Neat takeoff pose and BG.
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by Robert Sabin on Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:43 pm
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david fletcher wrote:excellent behaviour captured.  like the way it occupies the frame... nice one
 

by Karl Egressy on Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:55 am
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Lovely composition.
 

by LynnS on Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:46 pm
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Monique, it must take some extra thought and effort to incorporate that graceful streamer tail of theirs, lovely behavior capture, so nice with the pop of red beak on green BG.
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by MoniqueA on Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:49 am
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Thanks all for the positive feedback:)
 

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