Cassowary

I am a bit late posting this afternoon because I have had a friend here.

I had a huge book cull recently and Gail came round to see if there any books she was interested in. We had a lovely afternoon, and she took most of the books with her.

Another photo here from Oakvale Farm. You wouldn't believe how difficult it was to take this photo of the cassowary. The damned thing wouldn't keep still, he kept pecking at the ground and trying to photograph him through the fencing was a terrible job. This was the best photo I could get out of about 20.

[Diana]

It's a fabulous shot Babs, talk to me about getting birds through fences! I love the colours and of course that helmet on it's head ;-)

[Issi Bannerman]

Great face, great colours.

[Kathy A]

You did well, Ive tried to take photos of cassowaries before wth no success at all

[Annie D]

I love them and always try to get photos - I have had some success but they really do move about a lot so there are a lot of failures hahaha

[Suzanne]

Fascinating birds and hard to photograph as you say

[Susan Wakely]

Interesting looking bird.

[Casablanca]

At least you had a fence in between! I remember meeting one and a keeper swept in holding up a rake over his head to ward it back by being the tallest thing. He then showed us its talons......eek! Beautiful birds and scary

[Cliff McFarlane]

Well done for being persistent. We get the pleasure of your image. When I photograph planes at Lakenheath I put my lens hood on the fence and you don't see the fence.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a prehistoric looking bird , imagine carrying that on your head!!

[Joan Robillard]

What an unusual bird. The best thing about 365 is all the things I get to see that I never would have second best only to the wonderful people who post them.

[Valerie Chesney]

Our Cassowary is very distinctive.. Great capture..

[Babs]

@kjarn @annied @ankers70 I gave up after I got this shot and decided that I wouldn't be able to get anything better. The damned bird never stopped moving. It pecked the ground, hid behind the bushes, strutted about all over the place and nearly drove me mad.

@casablanca I think the keepers who get in the enclosure with cassowaries are really brave, these birds could rip you to shreds with your claws.

[Peter Dulis]

I wonder if it feels it has a "dunce" cap on ? :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That is the strangest looking crown I've ever seen! Good on your persistence even though it's not the shot you really wanted.

[Wylie]

these birds are great, but you're right - hard to grab a shot. A bit like the emus who are so curious they are too close for focus!

[Fisher Family]

A fascinating and attractive bird. Well done on your persistance to get this shot.

Ian

[gloria jones]

Great capture of this most interesting looking bird

[Carey Martin]

Cassowary! Willa and I studied these recently for her homeschool. What an amazing animal!

[carol white]

A super capture

[Sue Cooper]

A fabulous capture. I saw a cassowary when I was in Queensland in 1994 when I went for a walk early in the morning. My family didn't believe that I'd seen one because even back then they were very rarely seen. I did see one!! Fav.

[Margaret Brown]

A very colourful capture, I understand they are very dangerous ?

[MONTSERRAT]

Quel oiseau fascinant ❤️

[Dorothy]

Wonderful photo of a very busy bird. Lucky he couldn’t fly over the fence and have you for dinner.

[Peter]

Not a pretty and very dangerous as well, only seen one of these at Australia zoo:)

[Rob Z]

Fascinating birds - but scary in the wild....

[Carole Sandford]

This is a new one to me! Quite unique looking! I think you did well with your shot.

[Ingrid]

Never seen a bird like that! What an interesting bird!

[Pyrrhula]

A very rare and interresting shaped bird head. Great close up of it.

[Kathy]

Funny looking bird. I wonder if it's kin to a turkey.

[Islandgirl]

Wow what a neat looking bird!

[Pat]

Lovely to see this unusual bird close up. I think you did brilliantly to get this, so patient!

[Rick]

Interesting looking bird. Great shot.

[Shutterbug]

Such an interesting looking bird and so colorful, my eyes totally ignore the fence. Nice capture.

[Babs]

@ludwigsdiana @jamibann @kjarn @kjarn @annied @ankers70 @wakelys @casablanca @clifford @beryl @joansmor @happysnaps @pdulis @olivetreeann @pusspup @fishers @seattlite @careymartin @carolmw @craftymeg @montserrat @illinilass @pcoulson @robz @carole_sandford @ingrid01 @pyrrhula @radiogirl @pattyblue @rickster549 @shutterbug49 Thanks, I have up trying to blur out the fence because this chap just wasn't being cooperative at all and moved about so much. I am glad the fence was there though because they can be so vicious.


@annied I had a lot of failures too.

@susiemc Wow glad I didn't see one in the wild they can be so vicious and could rip you to shreds with those feet.

@randystreat Not sure, I think its closest relative is the emu and the ostrich.

[Kathy A]

I just ran this through my phone app ReTouch and have sent it to you via email. Hope you don't mind that I did that.

[Babs]

@kjarn Not at all, just got your email. I wonder if this app is available on the computer as well as on the phone.

[Annie D]

@onewing my daughter used to look after a cassowary exhibit and they always had two keepers and a large wooden board - in saying that the only two recorded attacks by a cassowary were when people were chasing and attacking them - they are not as bad as their reputation

[haskar]

Beautiful colours and details.

[Lou Ann]

Well it’s a great shot! Such a different looking bird.