October 2011
Secretive and very shy ! But luck was on my side last October, saw a couple were feeding at one of the paddy field plot just next to the main road. The female did paused for few seconds when she saw my car stopped but it didn't bother her especially when I unwind the window and pointed my scope to her. Opportunity !
There were more than 3 pairs seen at Penampang paddy field with around 500m each that set them apart and this particular pair had a successful nesting with 3 juveniles were photographed by Gary Albert the following month.
Digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope EDG85 via FSA-L2 DSLR Photo Adapter on Nikon D300s
The male above has more role here than the female such as incubating the eggs and taking the immature for feeding (Not in the picture)
The interesting part is, the female seems to be leading the male while feeding. This is obvious especially when both were crossing on the open spaces at the paddy field like shown on the picture above.
Hope I can get better and cleaner pictures of this beauty next time !
Happy birding ...
4 comments:
Hi Azahari,
A very shy bird and difficult to get out into the open. Lucky you for such a shot.
Happy Birding
Mpho
Beautiful images showing sharp details of this shy species...Thomas
Really interesting coloring of these birds. Great shots!
thanks!
Birds Of The World
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