Bush Thick-knee, Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius)

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tropicbreeze noonamah, Australia Feb 28, 2009

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pelletory Marlton, NJ Mar 01, 2009

That's a great looking bird tropic!

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tropicbreeze noonamah, Australia Mar 01, 2009

This one was a friend's pet. Makes photographing birds a lot easier, other than nailing their feet to a log ;O)

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KaperC No. San Diego Co., CA(Zone 10b) Aug 30, 2009

What a cool looking bird, tropicbreeze! Great photo.

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tropicbreeze noonamah, Australia Aug 30, 2009

Thanks KaperC. They're a night bird and have this strange eerie wailing call that really carries through the night air. The Aborigines say that they cavort with the night devils (spirits) and that they have the "devil's eye". Their eyes are quite large, no doubt to make the most of the low light conditions. They prefer to run to avoid danger but fly quite well if needed.

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KaperC No. San Diego Co., CA(Zone 10b) Aug 30, 2009

Thanks, tropicbreeze, very interesting bird.

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