stefano steff romei
wattled crane take-off
a rare and shy kind of crane,the wattled crane (bugeranus caruncolatus).
the whole african population is estimated now in 2000/2500 birds , a big decline since previous estimations(8000).
i saw some of them many years ago in moremi (Bw) but i was a very very bad photographer :-)))
last august i had another chance in linyanti (Namibian side) ..birds were a bit far away but i got something acceptable.
as all the cranes,wattleds are omnivorous.feeding mainly on vegetables but they like also big insects,fish and frogs.
as i said those birds are quite shy and they fly away at 150mts!!! so the camera cannot do miracles.
"wattled crane take-off"
Nkasa Rupara national park , Caprivi strip ,Namibia
original 3K file here :
wattled crane take-off
a rare and shy kind of crane,the wattled crane (bugeranus caruncolatus).
the whole african population is estimated now in 2000/2500 birds , a big decline since previous estimations(8000).
i saw some of them many years ago in moremi (Bw) but i was a very very bad photographer :-)))
last august i had another chance in linyanti (Namibian side) ..birds were a bit far away but i got something acceptable.
as all the cranes,wattleds are omnivorous.feeding mainly on vegetables but they like also big insects,fish and frogs.
as i said those birds are quite shy and they fly away at 150mts!!! so the camera cannot do miracles.
"wattled crane take-off"
Nkasa Rupara national park , Caprivi strip ,Namibia
original 3K file here :