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Strutting her stuff

It can be hard to tell male from female Southern Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri) unless you can see the violet blue patch on the throats of femaies, just visible in this shot of a female walking though the tall dried grasses in the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, a breeding facility for this threatened species. The bird's classification as endangered is tied to its slow reproductive rates and other factors such as habitat loss and accidental poisoning.

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  • Terry Allen

    on November 4, 2019

    Many thanks for the nice comments, John, Frank, Janet, Gene, God's Child, Bill, Byron, Wayne, Rick, Judith, Elizabeth, Greg&Rose, Linda, Judy, JohnC, Kevin and Bruno!

  • Bruno Suignard

    on November 3, 2019

    great shot!!

  • KDP450

    on September 23, 2019

    Super light and detail. Great portrait.

  • johnchapmanphotographer

    on September 23, 2019

    Hi Terry, SUPERB !!!

  • fotoeffects

    on September 23, 2019

    Fabulous capture of this magnificent bird!

  • Lgood

    on September 22, 2019

    She sure is strutting her stuff. Nice capture.

  • Greg&Rose Photography

    on September 22, 2019

    Such a proud bird well captured in this shot

  • arctangent

    on September 22, 2019

    Hope she and others of her species can beat the formidable odds. Great shot of it 'strutting'.

    I posted very late (again) today. Here’s my featured photo: https://arctangent.smugmug.com/Places-By-Type/Arboretums-and-Botanical/Dow-Gardens-Midland-Michigan/i-Zt3wZqP/A

    9/22/19

  • Judith Sparhawk

    on September 22, 2019

    When I read yesterday about the long time for maturity and even longer for breeding, I thought of how had it must be to maintain the population (one of the problems with the California Condors)--so it doesn't surprise me that's an issue with the hornbills. Glad they are attending to these problems. These birds are just too great to lose!

  • Rick Willis

    on September 22, 2019

    Definitely Walking the Walk 👌...

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