Sexy Legs To Motivate
Now we talking about some serious long and some not so long very gorgeous legs on birds most take to the water but many simply don't using long legs to stride around showing how it's done.
Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath) stands around 1.4 metres tall, wingspan of about 2 metres is the world's largest heron, a wading bird found in sub-Saharan Africa. This photo taken some years ago along the Illovo River bank close to home.
African Jacana is a wader in the family Jacanidae, found in sub-Saharan Africa. With long toes and long claws it is able to walk on floating vegetation in shallow water of lakes or ponds. Through the lens at iSimangaliso Wetlands Park.
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) perched on top of a tree Toti close to the river, they don't rely on the water often seen stalking grasslands, fields or close to bodies of water. This heron stand 90 cm tall another almost a metre bird enjoying open parks it's in the right place situated alongside the river.
Crowned Plover/Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) recognized by its combination of brown and white colours, with most tellingly, a black crown intersected by an annular white halo. Sighted at Tala Nature Reserve up the road from us about 30 kilometers.
Ostriches are flightless birds native to Africa. They are the largest living species of bird. Member of a group of birds known as Ratites. Male and female seen together in the Tala Nature Reserve some years ago.
Blacksmith Lapwings (Vanellus armatus) vernacular name derives from the repeated metallic 'tink, tink, tink' alarm call, which suggests a blacksmith's hammer striking an anvil. Back to our local Illovo River bank walk.
Normally found in grasslands on beaches they tend to adapt quite well and do make nests on the ground which they defend with honour and glory by attacking or pretending to be hurt to divert your attention. Neat in flight as they took off, tucking in streamlined long legs for a smaller bird with long legs.
Great Egret (Ardea (Egretta) alba) stand almost a metre tall. Great Egret (or Great White Heron) is the largest of the heron or white egrets seen in South Africa, normally found in or close to water along rivers, dams, estuaries, lagoons as is seen here at the Amanzimtoti river searching for fish, frogs or vertebrates.
African woolly-necked stork or African woollyneck (Ciconia microscelis) is a species of large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Stand 85 cm tall almost a metre, all black except of woolly white neck and white lower body. We see them regularly flying over or in parks in our town.
So many more I would love to share, long-legged birds are quite plentiful once you start going through photos as to how many good fortune brought you to witness, being in the right place at the right time armed with a camera.
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Thought for Today: "We rest our legs, but never our mouths." - African Proverb
by @barbara-orenya
