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great bustard

  1. Displaying Great Bustard

    Displaying Great Bustard

    Displaying Great Bustard (Otis tarda), hare (Lepus europaeus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
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    IMG_20201227_201050_120.jpg

    Great Bustard at Stonehenge
  3. Great bustard and Roe dear

    Great bustard and Roe dear

  4. display

    display

  5. great bustard

    great bustard

  6. Great Bustard

    Great Bustard

    During the lek they are fantastic. Photo made from a bird hide. More photos at: https://birdwatchingalentejo.com/great-bustard-grote-trap-grostrappe-abetarda-comum-avutarda-euroassiatica/
  7. Great Bustard

    Great Bustard

    Great Bustard in flight at the steppes of the Alentejo region in Portugal. They are HUGE. Made form a bird hide. More photos at: https://birdwatchingalentejo.com/great-bustard-grote-trap-grostrappe-abetarda-comum-avutarda-euroassiatica/
  8. Great Bustards

    Great Bustards

    The weather may have been not great on the plains in Portugal, but it made getting shots of Great Bustards a lot easier without heat haze.
  9. The flower of bird

    The flower of bird

    A male great bustard in breeding plumage successfully draw males' attention, they display each other, like flowers in full bloom.
  10. Happiness

    Happiness

    It is lucky and happy as a male great bustard, besides this two women at present, there are more women out of the pictureShooting bustards is a tough thing,its rare in China that it is said the population of this bird is not over 500, the most important is that the bird is too alert to...
  11. Great bustard in breeding plumage

    Great bustard in breeding plumage

    A male great bustard in breeding plumage,Taken in Duolun county Inner Mongolia, China.
  12. Great bustard

    Great bustard

  13. Great bustard

    Great bustard

  14. Great bustards

    Great bustards

  15. Great bustards

    Great bustards

  16. Great bustards

    Great bustards

  17. Long distance shots

    Long distance shots

    Today three photos aren't quite good in terms of sharpness, etc.. as distance involved was rather high and are cropped, but include some difficult animals. In this one, a group of great bustards
  18. Great Bustard

    Great Bustard

    I have just returned from guiding in La Mancha, Spain. A gorgeous land of contrast with fantastic birds
  19. Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    LUIS SITGES http://birdingtrekkingandnaturecom-luis.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/pajareando-por-villafafila-birdwatching.html
  20. Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    LUIS SITGES http://birdingtrekkingandnaturecom-luis.blogspot.com.es/2014/03/avutarda-sisones-gangas-y-chorlitos.html
  21. Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    LUIS SITGES http://birdingtrekkingandnaturecom-luis.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/birdwatching-villafafila-lagoons.html
  22. Great Bustards

    Great Bustards

    Taken out in the psuedo Steppe near to the small hamlet of Salto, Alentejo, Portugal last week. About 20 GB's were found feeding with some 30 Common Cranes.
  23. Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    LUIS SITGES http://birdingtrekkingandnaturecom-luis.blogspot.com/2013/12/esteparias-en-tierras-de-toledo-steppe.html
  24. Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    DISCUSSION BEGINS BETWEEN MALES LUIS SITGES http://birdingtrekkingandnaturecom-luis.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/avutardas-comunes-peleando-great.html
  25. Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    Great Bustard, Otis tarda, Avutarda Comn

    LUIS SITGES http://birdingtrekkingandnaturecom-luis.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/avutardas-comunes-peleando-great.html
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