A case of mistaken identity?
By: snowgood
Tags: Senegal thick-knee, Uganda
Category: birds
| Aperture: | f/6.3 |
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| Focal Length: | 200mm |
| ISO: | 1250 |
| Shutter: | 1/0 sec |
| Camera: | ILCE-6000 |
Several years ago whilst out bird-watching in Portugal I learnt the importance of taking photos.
On home turf a camera isn’t much use in getting your bird species sorted out. Generally you’ve a good idea on what is around and your binoculars or ‘scope suffice.
If you’re on foreign soil a camera can do two things.
- It can record what you spotted, and help with ID later.
- It can also record things you missed at the time, and help you “bag” additional sightings. I once “clocked an Eagle” which I had missed with naked eye.
When I snapped this one I hadn’t a clue what i was looking at, but when it came up on my PC I thought “Stone Curlew”.
Upon closer inspection I’m now pretty confident I was swayed by what i know “back home”.
So let’s call it a Senegal Thick-knee instead. They look remarkably alike, but the wing pattern edges it for me.
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Good advice. We are currently in Kelowna in central BC. Yesterday I heard a Collared dove! Was instantly transported back to the UK (we don’t have them in Calgary)
Wow – they came here from Egypt in the 1950s and weren’t even a native bird. Enjoy BC