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Brolga

Brolga (Image ID 35614)
Photographed byCon Boekel on Mon 29th Apr, 2019 and uploaded on Wed 5th Jun, 2019 .
Resolution1255x1050
Viewed293
ID35614
CommentA pair with a single chick inhabited a single paddock adjacent to Bollon township in Queensland. The paddock was noteworthy in that there was a ground layer which features in the image. The paddock excluded goats. For hundreds of kilometers around this single paddock, the ground layer had virtually totally disappeared in the big drought and as a consequence of goat grazing. The adult is about to feed a preying mantis to the the juvenile. The extensive yellow staining on the adult and the juvenile come from the yellow-coloured water in the paddock dam.
EquipmentCanon 5D Mk IV
Canon EF 500mm 1:4 L IS 11 USM
Canon EF 1.4x 111 extender
Manfrotto ballhead
f/8
1/4000 sec
ISO-2000
0 step
700 mm
Processed using first DPP 4, PSE 13 and Neat Image.
LocationBollon, Queensland
Keywordsfemale, juvenile, feeding/with prey, adult
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