Along with the Cobb’s wren, the Falkland steamer duck is the only endemic bird to the Faulkland islands, occurring nowhere else in the world. It is a large duck and also flightless. This is a mated pair, the male to the left and female to the right. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/14 at 1/500th of a second.
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Along with the Cobb’s wren, the Falkland steamer duck is the only endemic bird to the Faulkland islands, occurring nowhere else in the world. It is a large duck and also flightless. This is a mated pair, the male to the left and female to the right. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/14 at 1/500th of a second.
The way the male is holding his right leg it looks like he’s giving you the Steamer Duck version of the finger.
It looks as though you must have been hugging the earth. I like the angle by which you captured these beautiful birds, Sean!
They are beautiful!
great pic. just got comp. fixed.
Good to have you back up and running Michael.
Beautiful close-up, Sean.