Here’s another shot from our first night when we visited Nairobi National Park. It was getting pretty dark at this point, but still enough light to catch a few portraits of this secretary bird nesting in the top of an acacia tree. These guys spend most of the day on the ground before returning to their nests at night. They are birds of prey and quite large (growing to more than 4 feet tall). They’ve been described as an eagle-like bird on crane-like legs. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm lens, ISO 2800, f/5.6 at 1/640th of a second.
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Here’s another shot from our first night when we visited Nairobi National Park. It was getting pretty dark at this point, but still enough light to catch a few portraits of this secretary bird nesting in the top of an acacia tree. These guys spend most of the day on the ground before returning to their nests at night. They are birds of prey and quite large (growing to more than 4 feet tall). They’ve been described as an eagle-like bird on crane-like legs. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm lens, ISO 2800, f/5.6 at 1/640th of a second.
Great photo, Sean, of an amazing bird! Thanks for bringing the exotic wildlife world of so many African countries to our homes!
Plenty of quills for secretary duties.
The numbers of Secretary Birds have dropped dramatically in the last few years. Mostly because of the advent of Voicemail Birds and Email Birds.
Nice! What an interesting description of this bird. As a US birder it’s fascinating to learn about birds from all over the world.