Civic Duty

[PentUp]

Red Billed Ox-Peckers performing their civic duty...
Pentax K5II, Sigma 50-500mm DG OS HSM:


(370mm, f7.1, 1/400 sec, ISO-800)


(240mm, f7.1, 1/400 sec, ISO-1000)


(500mm, f7.1, 1/320 sec, ISO-800)


(500mm, f7.1, 1/640 sec, ISO-200, -1 exp)


(170mm, f7.1, 1/500 sec, ISO-400, -0.7 exp)

All images cropped to fit the 4MB upload requirements.

 

[nzmacro]

I had no idea it was on other beasts as well. Fascinating behavior shots as always. Great to see.

Danny.

 

[PentUp]

I had no idea it was on other beasts as well. Fascinating behavior shots as always. Great to see.

Danny.

Thanks mate.
They are ubiquitous parasite & dead skin removers, seen throughout sub-Saharan Africa, who share a very symbiotic relationship with many of the mammals that they ride to and fro upon.

 

[PentUp]

Red Billed Ox-Peckers taking a river cruise...


Pentax K5II, Sigma 50-500mm DG OS HSM (F/7.1, 1/500 sec, ISO-400, -0.7 exp, 500mm)

 

[ken53]

Red Billed Ox-Peckers performing their civic duty...
Pentax K5II, Sigma 50-500mm DG OS HSM:

View attachment 896
(370mm, f7.1, 1/400 sec, ISO-800)

View attachment 897
(240mm, f7.1, 1/400 sec, ISO-1000)

View attachment 898
(500mm, f7.1, 1/320 sec, ISO-800)

View attachment 899
(500mm, f7.1, 1/640 sec, ISO-200, -1 exp)

View attachment 900
(170mm, f7.1, 1/500 sec, ISO-400, -0.7 exp)

All images cropped to fit the 4MB upload requirements.

Thanks for posting. Nice wildlife shots. Interesting which makes one pause to spend time viewing.

 

[ootanaboot]

I love the co-operation/co-existance wildlife lives by. Great captures.

 

[Blufftonian]

Wow! Great shots. Maybe someday I'll take a trip and see them myself.

 

[PentUp]

Thanks for posting. Nice wildlife shots. Interesting which makes one pause to spend time viewing.

Cheers Ken, I'm not really a birder to be honest, large mammals have always been more my thing, but over the last decade or so I've paid more attention to them, especially if they are trying to get my attention by perching on the large mammals I am shooting.

 

[PentUp]

I love the co-operation/co-existance wildlife lives by. Great captures.

Thanks. it very interesting to watch the interaction betwen species. Sometimes it is very subtle though.

 

[PentUp]

Wow! Great shots. Maybe someday I'll take a trip and see them myself.

Cheers mate.
I hope that you do get to go someday.