Waders and Plovers

Water Dikkop or Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus), Botswana June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/1000 sec at f / 7.1

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Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/1000 sec at f / 7.1

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African Jacana or Lilly Trotter (Actophilornis africana), Botswana, June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/1000 sec at f / 7.1

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Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing (Vanellus armatus),Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640 sec at f / 11

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Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing (Vanellus armatus),Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500 sec at f / 11

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Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing (Vanellus armatus),Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500 sec at f / 11

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Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing (Vanellus armatus), Botswana, June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/2500 sec at f / 8.0

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Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing (Vanellus armatus), Botswana, June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/2500 sec at f / 8.0

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Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing (Vanellus armatus), Botswana, June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/1600 sec at f / 8.0

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Black-Winged Plover (Vanellus lugubris), Ngorongoro, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640 sec at f / 8.0

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Black-Winged Plover (Vanellus lugubris), Ngorongoro, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500 sec at f / 8.0

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Crowned Plover (Vanellus coronatus), Manyara, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/250 sec at f / 5.6

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Crowned Plover (Vanellus coronatus), Manyara, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/320 sec at f / 5.6

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Kittlitz Plover (Charadrius pecuarius), Manyara, Tanzania 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640 sec at f / 11

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Kittlitz Plover (Charadrius pecuarius), Manyara, Tanzania 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400 sec at f / 11

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Kittlitz Plover (Charadrius pecuarius), Manyara, Tanzania 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640 sec at f / 11

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Spur-Winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus ), Samburu, Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/2000 sec at f / 8.0

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Spur-Winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus ), Samburu, Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640 sec at f / 8.0

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Spur-Winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus ), Samburu, Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640 sec at f / 8.0

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Spur-Winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus ), Samburu, Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/800 sec at f / 8.0

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Wattled Plover or Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) having a staring match with two Dikkops (Burhinus vermiculatus), Botswana June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/800 sec at f / 11

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Wattled Plover or Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus), Botswana June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/800 sec at f / 11

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Juvenile Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), Lake Naivasha, Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/4000 sec at f / 8.0

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Male and Female Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), Lake Naivasha, Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1000 sec at f / 8.0

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Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), Lake Naivasha, Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/2500 sec at f / 8.0

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Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Namibia, Nov 2006
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1250 sec at f / 8.0

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Black-Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/800 sec at f / 11

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Black-Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500 sec at f / 11

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