Great bustard

[davholla2 1]

This is one of the UK's rarest birds, from the great bustard group release site, even at 600mm it was a bit far but still good to see them. (They are heavily cropped so not that sharp)
GreatBustardEF7A1319 by davholla2002, on Flickr

GreatBustardEF7A1335 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[jcdeboever]

Neat. Nice capture

 

[birdbonkers84]

Look great, thanks for sharing!

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Nice

 

[zombiesniper149 14]

Very nice.

 

[jcdeboever]

They kind of look like an Ostrich and Goose mated.... just saying.... Probably should be named Goosetrich...

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice shots - educational for me as well. I didn't know there were bustards outside of Africa as those were the only ones I had ever seen - my new thing to learn for today. How big are these birds?

WesternGuy

 

[davholla2 1]

Nice shots - educational for me as well. I didn't know there were bustards outside of Africa as those were the only ones I had ever seen - my new thing to learn for today. How big are these birds?

WesternGuy

I am not sure how big the ones I photographed are but according to Wikipedia the males are between "90–105 cm" tall and males between 9-21 Kg which explains why they went extinct in the UK - that is a lot of food. I didn't realize until I went there they are found every where apart from the Americas.
Saying that I think I would rather have hummingbirds than bustards.
My wife is from Colombia and I would say only with regard to birds only these and sea birds are more interesting than Colombian birds.

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice shots - educational for me as well. I didn't know there were bustards outside of Africa as those were the only ones I had ever seen - my new thing to learn for today. How big are these birds?

WesternGuy

I am not sure how big the ones I photographed are but according to Wikipedia the males are between "90–105 cm" tall and males between 9-21 Kg which explains why they went extinct in the UK - that is a lot of food. I didn't realize until I went there they are found every where apart from the Americas.
Saying that I think I would rather have hummingbirds than bustards.
My wife is from Colombia and I would say only with regard to birds only these and sea birds are more interesting than Colombian birds.

90-105 cm tall - yikes, that is one big bird. You are right, that's a lot of food - probably feed a family of four for a week .

Thanks for the info.

WesternGuy