Feather dusters

[BigAl]

These are not good shots, as I didn't realise how difficult it would be to take decent pics of them - their heads are absolutely miniscule compared to the rest of the body and they are always bobbing around. What was absolutely fantastic was to see the mating displays and the actual mating of these birds on 23 Dec (having never seen it before). Unfortunately, this was too far away to take pics of. But anyway, here some walking feather dusters:

Male (he was eating the grass seeds, before I snapped this):

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/235697475-L.jpg


Female (wrong time of day):

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/235697476-L.jpg


Another female (these were recovered from a little accident (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=80300) on my part):

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/239490178-L.jpg

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/239490184-L.jpg

[Giphsub]

Very cool birds! Nice shooting BigAl, and glad you got most of your pics back from that little accident! :thumb I have tried shooting an ostrich at the zoo before, and it was not easy to get the shots I wanted.

[Harryb]

Good shots Al, its great to see ostrich shots that aren't from a zoo. :clap

[jwear]

now this feather duster may work as wel as the leaf blower I use at home --good shots ,I have used the same pic from the card for dummys myself :rofl

[Maestro]

Nice images in tough light. Like Harry said, we in the states can basically only see these birds in zoos or specially designed wildlife parks.

[raptorcaptor]

Nice captures BigAl!

[dbaker1221]

great captures Al!!:clap

[riddim_maker]

Glad i went to the second page and saw this post:barb
Glad you recovered these shots also and for sharing Al:thumb

[gus]

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[Osprey Whisperer]

Quite the interesting bird. Nice series Al. Thanks for sharing these.

[BigAl]

Thanks for comments all! Much appreciated!

Gus: :rofl I wouldn't want to try that with an ostrich - the darn thing would kick you to death :D