Spotted Thick-knee Gewone Dikkop
Burhinus capensis · Thick-knees
- Seen
- Tuesday 20 September 2011, 09:05
- Where
- My backyard
- Bird
- downy chick
- Camera
- Canon EOS 30D · 500 mm · f/4 · 1/350 s · ISO 100
- Tiny downy chick, cryptic grey-buff mottling
- Crouched flat on bare ground among leaf litter, no nest structure
- Short rounded head, dark eye slit, very short bill
- Perfect camouflage against dry debris