Great Thick-Knee closeup at Wilpaththu, Sri Lanka

I love these cartoony birds :)

comments (3)

Claire Hamilton

Lion

Awesome, they have the greatest eyes, I love them. Posted 10 years ago

Back Water Fox

Lion

He must have been on the bonnet of the Jeep , great close up shot. Posted 10 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Hehe, I'd say the distance is at about 5 metres, similar to this shot:
  
  The D800 has 36MP which leaves a lot of room for cropping, which is what I did here. However, it only works when the photo is sharp at the pixel level, which is quite hard. Posted 10 years ago

The Great stone-curlew

The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka into South-east Asia. This species prefers gravel banks along rivers or large lakes, and also beaches. A single egg is laid in a bare scrape on the open shingle.

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant