I rushed for my camera and slowly photographed it through the kitchen glass window. AF didn't work, so all this was by manual focus. The first time that I got a full frame picture of this species.
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) with Coat Button grass flowers ( Tridax procumbens )
It hasn't noticed my presence behind the window, and so happily sang the 'wak-wak-wak' song.
Click the above button for this bird call.
Bird call by Arnoud B. van den Berg, at Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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11 comments:
cool bird!
Really excellent photos! And very sharp! You must be very lucky to have such a beautiful bird in your backyard. Thanks for your visit.
Wow, well done on the photos. Excellent in such difficult circumstances. Such a pretty bird too.
Marvelous pictures Tabib! What a pretty bird. I wish I had something like that in my backyard!
I always see this species along my jogging trek, if I am not mistaken. They stay in the bushes.
Glad you had some luck in photographing this beautiful bird. Well done!
Oh wow...Those were some great closeup shots of a super shy bird!
Good job! Sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
Looks very good. One thing that struck me was how different the vocalisation is to the ones found here.
And I presume Wak-wak is its local Malay name. Interestingly the local Sinhala name for it is also onomatopoeic, which is Korawakka....which more or less tells how our guy sounds!
Fantastic shots!
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