Inspiring and Supporting Photographers of Australian Birds
Photographed by | Ian Wilson on Thu 12th Nov, 2020 and uploaded on Sun 22nd Nov, 2020 . | ||||||||||||||||||
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Comment | Dabbling duck species have elaborate courtship displays, usually with vocalization caused by contortion of the tracheal tubes, which determines the posture of the neck. In this image the male bird is showing the 'head-up tail-up' display which is accompanied by a short whistle and features a momentary flash of the speculum, elevated fanned tail and head turned toward the female. This display only lasts a few tenths of a second and is repeated, often interspersed with other displays such as head rolls and shakes, chin-lifts, down-up, synchronized swimming and bridling. The yellow spots in the background of this image are wattle blossom floating on the water. | ||||||||||||||||||
Equipment | Canon R5 + 600 mm f/4 III + 1.4x III extender, hand-held. Manual, servo AF with eye tracking, f/6.3, 1/2000 sec, ISO 3200. Processed using DPP4 and PSE14 with Neat Image plug-in. | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Birds Land Reserve, Tecoma, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||
Keywords | male, adult, behaviour/display | ||||||||||||||||||
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