Tag: feather

Skittish

Helmeted guineafowl are characterised by their black or grey plumage with vivid white spots. Their bald faces and necks have blue skin with red wattles (males’ wattles are larger than those of the females). The beak is short and stout and there is a brown or orange helmet on their crown that has a triangular horn shape. These birds are omnivorous and they forage for food. They are opportunistic eaters and will dine on a variety of seeds, fruit, vegetables, snails, small mammals, worms, spiders, frogs, lizards, and small snakes. They usually feed in the early morning and late afternoon.
Info source URL: https://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_helmeted_guineafowl.php
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The photo was taken during September 2017 in Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Skittish

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Trawling

Trawling
The sacred ibis’ body is almost completely white, with black feathers on its rump. The wings are edged with a black outline, which is only really visible when the birds extend their wings in flight. These wings also have some bare areas, in which the pink skin shows, both on the top and on the bottom.
Info source URL: https://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_sacred_ibis.php
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The photo was taken during October 2017 in Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Trawling

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Pose

The African darter, also known as the snakebird or, slanghals in Afrikaans, is a water-bird that is common throughout sub-Saharan African. It has earned the name snakebird for the way that it swims – it keeps its entire body very low in the water, with only the neck and the head sticking out, giving it the appearance of a swimming snake.
Info source URL: https://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/birds_african_darter.php
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The photo was taken during November 2017 in Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Pose

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