Hamerkop by pamknowler

Hamerkop

In the Africa section there are all different animals and birds. Such interesting areas to walk through. Many beautiful coloured birds too. In this area the birds were flying free and this large Hamerkop (the size of a chicken) came flying down to land on the railing in front of us hitting me on the head with his wing as he flew past. Yes it made me jump!! LOL!! What a strange looking bird he is - quite prehistoric I thought. He is from sub-Saharan Africa.

Best on black of course.

Uploaded for my alternate album
Nice catch with good dof!
May 13th, 2017  
Excellent shot!
May 13th, 2017  
Beautiful
May 13th, 2017  
Stunning capture!
May 13th, 2017  
Oh what a handsome bird! Very interesting!
May 13th, 2017  
Great shot. Lucky you to be so close when he decided to land.
May 13th, 2017  
Interesting bird, and he posed so nicely for you
May 13th, 2017  
I must admit I was surprised that they came so close Fav for this great close us
May 13th, 2017  
He is a very funny looking boy, he looks a bit shy!
May 13th, 2017  
nicely captured
May 13th, 2017  
Well captured, great details and DoF
May 13th, 2017  
Good grief - the curl on the end of the beak, the hunched neck, that beady eye - an odd bird indeed! Not scared of humans!
May 13th, 2017  
Cool bird
May 13th, 2017  
Such a cool looking bird!
May 14th, 2017  
What an unusual and good looking bird
May 14th, 2017  
He is such an unusual looking bird - nice focus on those feathers.
May 14th, 2017  
Very unusual looking bird and yes, he does have a rather pre-historic look to him. Excellent capture of him.
May 14th, 2017  
My word, that's a weird-looking bird. Great dof.
May 14th, 2017  
So odd looking! But great shot.
May 14th, 2017  
Love him! Great shot and fav
May 14th, 2017  
Brilliant capture
May 14th, 2017  
Love seeing these birds. I have seen quite a number of them in the wild
May 14th, 2017  
Wonderful shot!
May 15th, 2017  
Wonderful image of him! This one made it into my zoo book for the boys! So unusual!
May 15th, 2017  
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