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White-throated Rail
peterday

White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri cuvieri)

Second photo in Birdforum. We spent some hours hunting for these birds. We could hear them calling in the thick undergrowth beside the river, but they refused to come out. So we returned to the hotel, and one ran around the courtyard almost under our feet! Had to take the extender off to fit it in.
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Habitat
Dense tropical undergrowth.
Location
Vakona Forest Lodge, Madagascar
Date taken
30/11/2016
Scientific name
Dryolimnas cuvieri cuvieri
Equipment used
Canon EOS 80D with Canon EF 300mm f2.8L IS II USM
KC Foggin
Supporter
What a beautiful and brilliant closeup of this gorgeous Rail Peter and a helluva capture guy.
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
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What a great find for you Peter.

Strange isn't it.... all that time spent looking where it should have been and you find it where it shouldn't have been LOL.

They all count though!

Well done mate.
 
Muso
Lol! Excellent. However, you took the opportunity - what a cracking picture!

Reminds me of driving around the Isle of Arran looking for red deer, and stopping and photographing small red blobs far away in the distance, and then arriving at Lochranza and huge red deer in everyone's gardens...!

Can't really see from your profile pic, but looks like capo 3rd C...?
 
Hans&Judy Beste
You have got a fabulous picture of this Rail-always difficult on a stop whistle tour,compared to trying for rails near home!.Thanks for sharing guys!
 

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