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Flight of the Sacred Ibis
Flight of the Sacred Ibis
kellymk


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Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 for Minolta
Location: Johannesburg
Date: Jan 10, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 2000
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2009

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 02/01/2009 06:30:16 AM
What an intriguing version of the species!
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 01/27/2009 03:08:17 PM
Great capture of a beautiful bird! Never seen one in flight (or alive). What a nice patterns on the wings.
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 01/25/2009 11:45:57 PM
That is an incredible bird - it almost looks prehistoric! The processing makes this look like something you'd seen in a museum, and I really like it.
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 01/25/2009 11:07:44 AM
Thanks for the history. Very interesting!
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 01/25/2009 01:47:48 AM
Good Ibis capture.
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 01/24/2009 01:11:00 AM
PAW - Beautiful bird. I don't know if I've seen any like it before, definitely not in flight. You got a great angle on it, but the postprocessing could use some more sharpening and/or contrast to bring out the detail.
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 01/23/2009 03:29:26 PM
A little soft focus but a very cool looking bird. looks like he's got a huge adams apple! :)
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 01/22/2009 05:31:37 PM
Not a pterodactyl? Magnificent beast and photograph.
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 01/22/2009 05:07:17 PM
Such beautiful movement captured.
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 01/22/2009 04:31:14 PM
Very nice capture, very nice detail.
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 01/22/2009 01:23:33 AM
I couldn't tell offhand, so I went to look it up and found some interesting facts about the Sacred Ibis.
Length: Between 70 and 90 cm
Wingspan: Between 112 and 124cm

Indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa, but not as widespread in South Africa as I thought - mostly the Eastern half and the Cape. Also found in Iraq (endangered here) and in Madagascar (island off the East Coast of Africa). Previously recorded in Egypt, but now extinct in that area. But here's the interesting bit - an exerpt from a website I found :

(//www.oaklandzoo.org/animals/birds/sacred-ibis/)

'(The Sacred Ibis) was venerated in ancient times. The ancient Egyptians believed that their god Thoth sometimes came to earth in the form of a Sacred Ibis. Thoth, a scribe of the gods, was the inventor of writing and measurer of time who symbolized wisdom and knowledge. It is depicted in many murals and mummified specimens are common in burial places; over 1.5 million birds were found in one group of tombs. Herodotus, the Greek historian and traveler writing in the fifth century BC., noted that the secular killing of this ibis, whether intentional or not, was punishable by death.The ancient Egyptians knew that this ibis kept bilharzia (a debilitating disease) in check , but not how. We now know that a snail,a main food of the ibis, is the host of the bilharzia parasite. Unfortunately, because of extensive swamp drainage and land reclamation over the years, the bird is now extinct in its ancient home and bilharzia is rampant.'
01/21/2009 08:55:31 PM
Wow, cool. How big are these?
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 01/20/2009 07:59:27 PM
Very nice I like the transparency of the wings
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 01/20/2009 02:36:12 PM
Nice flight shot. You have birds that I've just never seen before.
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 01/20/2009 11:53:24 AM
great capture!
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 01/20/2009 11:39:37 AM
That's AWESOME!!! I've never ever seen a bird like that!!
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 01/20/2009 10:37:23 AM
Excellent capture. I have never seen one of these birds outside of a zoo, so an in-flight shot of one is really a treat to see.
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 01/20/2009 09:58:35 AM
Hmm. That's interesting - are you talking about at the base of the wing? I didn't see anything missing, but now you mention it you must be right. Well noticed!
 01/20/2009 06:46:51 AM
Nice in-flight shot! Plumage is almost perfect except for that one missing feather on his right wing.
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