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Dusky Moorhen
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| Photographed by | Judy Willis on Thu 30th Sep, 2021 and uploaded on Sat 2nd Oct, 2021 . | ||||||||||||||||||
| Resolution | 1648x1177 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Viewed | 126 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ID | 48367 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comment | This photo was taken from a viewing platform at a beach lagoon beside the bike path. Fancy submitting a photo of a backside of a bird swimming away from you! (most of my photos seem to end up this way) However, I submitted this photo for two reasons. Firstly, the behaviour I have tried to capture was the first time I had observed it in this species. Usually I see the “walking on water trick” by the Eurasian Coots and Dusky Moorhens. However, this day, all the 6 Eurasian Coot pairs at the local lagoon behind the hind beach dune are busy feeding hatchlings or on the nest, so the aggressive and/ or courtship behaviour was only observed between Dusky Moorhens. The bird in question would put its head down low and pointed so that the front of the body was very streamline, then it would swim very fast towards another bird circle it and then chase it at speed. This was kept up for about half an hour but I couldn’t determine if the target bird was the same each time as it would swim back to the larger group on the other side of the lagoon. Searching the web site gallery for this species , I couldn't find a similar behavioural photo. Secondly, the back view stance of the bird really appealed to me as it reminded me of the car carriers that sail past into Port Kembla on the other side of the dune. The front half of the bird is so streamline and smooth but the back of the bird is quite different with strong square, structural lines, accentuated and defined by the two white plumage poles. I also was pleased that the eye is still visible and the added detail of the water droplet on the beak. The depth of field gave an interesting in-focus and fine-detailed foreground drawing the eye straight to the bird. The water behind the bird quite smooth and blurred forming a background that doesn’t fight for attention. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment | Camera: Fujifilm X-T100. Lens: XF70-300mm F4-5.6 R LM OIS WR f/56.4; 1/2500sec; ISO 500; FL240mm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bellambi Lake (beach lagoon), New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keywords | adult, behaviour/display | ||||||||||||||||||
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