2013-11-05

Ökenflyghöna - Pterocles senegallus - Spotted Sandgrouse - Le Ganga tacheté

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Ökenflyghöna - Pterocles senegallus - Spotted Sandgrouse - Le Ganga tacheté
NF Photo 121118,  Gleb Jdiane, Western Sahara, Morocco

This was a grouse that was soo hard to get close to. It is strange I got shots at all. And they were hard to find in the sand even looking in the spotting scope.

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7 comments:

  1. When you click on image #1, its beautiful.

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  2. Hi I was wondrful that yousaw them in the sand and even better that you got these shots. Well done.

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  3. Great photos and interesting to see the birds on the ground and in the air.

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  4. Wonderful photos and interesting birds.

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  5. Vilken effektiv skyddsfärg de har, de är verkligen svåra att upptäcka.

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  6. They are cute, they do blend in well with the ground! Great shots!

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  7. Great shots of these hard to photograph birds!

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