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Common Ostrich ♂
volker sthamer

Common Ostrich ♂ (Struthio camelus)

Male Ostriches can inflate the neck making a 'booming' sound during courtship ritual
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Habitat
Savanna
Location
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Date taken
Sept. 2019
Scientific name
Struthio camelus
Equipment used
Nikon / Sigma
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delia todd
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That's a tremendous picture you've taken of this Ostrich Volker. I've seen Emu in Australia and they were big enough - these must look enormous LOL.

Many thanks for showing him to us my friend.

BTW the new system searches the Gallery differently and is only picking up images via information in the Tags. So, as well as entering the scientific name in the Scientific Name field, it also needs to be entered as a Tag, along with the common name if that isn't already in the title. Any other information you want to add to the Tags would be a bonus! I hope you can help with this.
 
Kits
A fascinating shot of this booming chap, Volker.
 
j toon
an outstanding image of this big guy volker...superb buddy...many thanks...
 
sbarnhardt
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A great, unique image Volker! I have learned something today!

It was used today, 18 January 2021, to help illustrate the Common Ostrich article in Opus.

Thank you for sharing this magnificent shot. It is appreciated!

Barney
 

Media information

Category
Africa
Added by
volker sthamer
Date added
View count
149
Comment count
15

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D750
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/800
ISO
200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Strauss, Common Ostrich, Struthio camelus ♂.JPG
File size
1.4 MB
Date taken
Sat, 07 September 2019 10:16 AM
Dimensions
2700px x 1802px

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