This is the spotted thick-knee, also known as the spotted dikkop or Cape thick-knee. As the name would suggest, those knees are pretty thick. Thick-knees are also pretty smart, often faking an injury to draw predators away from a nest. They range throughout much of sub-Sahara Africa, preferring grasslands and savanna where they spend the majority of their time. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/200th of a second.
——- On a mass of land where
——- Race , culture. and language
——- Collide with tectonic certainty
——- One golden eyed groundling
——- Lives with small concern about
——- Her proper name .
Very interesting in that this African bird’s defense of its nest is the same as our own Killdeer. Killdeer’s also feign the broken wing routine with a sharp call walking away from the nest. Of course, if you’re a birder and know this you know to turn your lens to the opposite way. 🙂
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great pic.)
——- On a mass of land where
——- Race , culture. and language
——- Collide with tectonic certainty
——- One golden eyed groundling
——- Lives with small concern about
——- Her proper name .
Interesting bird , lots of character in those feathers showing
Aunt Sue
Very interesting in that this African bird’s defense of its nest is the same as our own Killdeer. Killdeer’s also feign the broken wing routine with a sharp call walking away from the nest. Of course, if you’re a birder and know this you know to turn your lens to the opposite way. 🙂