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Tag: Wooly-necked Stork

Wooly-necked Stork – Ciconia episcopus

by on Aug.02, 2010, under 1. At Flickr, 2. Other sites, eShop, Portfolio, Print for Sale, Road Trip, Wildlife

I am a Wildlife Photographer. I prefer it. It’s a passion.

Perhaps I don’t get out as much as NG photog’s but hey, I do what I can when I can. This stork was spotted by my wife at 100° behind the car and high up in a tree in the KNP after we had driven past it unnoticed. She is an excellent spotter. Just as I managed to turn around and get the car parked in a suitable spot, he took off. I watched him and he circled, and came back to land a short while later on the same branch offering me a better view. There must have been 1/2 dozen other cars that just drove past, seeing a “bird” and not interested, their loss :)

Wooly-necks aren’t very common. It’s my first sighting of one in almost 30 years of visiting the KNP.

Shot with a Sigma 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 APO Macro for Nikon

Wooly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus

Wooly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus (c) HarveyG Photography 2010

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