Plains turkeys or bustards are large native Australian birds that stand about 1m above the ground. This male was with a group of five on the farm this afternoon but they are hard to photograph as they always walk away when approached. He stayed a little longer than usual giving the rest of the group time to slope off to a safer distance
@777margo I don't think so. He prefers the open grasslands. He was here on the coast in 1770. On his second landing on Australian soil, Capt Cook caught and ate them and named the headland Bustard Heads as a consequence. His landing site is now the town of 1770.
@maggiemae "sloping off", a phrase my mother used and it just came back to me when I trailed around trying to get this shot. It seemed the perfect description.
