ML618997493
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 2; Adult Male - 1
Media notes
First photo in the series. The two females are fighting. One male has taken a ringside seat but is not joining the fight. The second male is out of the photo but in a bush nearby.
Observation details
Encounters: (1) male flying into tree; (2) female flying into bush; (3) 2 males and 2 females in a confrontation. Detailed description of of the last encounter follows. I began by hearing the chirrrup calls. Found 2 male-female pairs keeping fairly close together. The two pairs joined up in a bush, and the two females flew to the ground and fought there. A male flew to the ground and observed closely, and a second or so later the second male did the same. The males had their crests us but didn't join the physical fight. The four birds then flew away, perhaps because they noticed me watching.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D5600
- Lens
- 200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
- ISO
- 1400
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1200 pixels x 800 pixels
- Original file size
- 723.18 KB