Southern Ground Hornbill VB © Brian Basson 2014

Location: Mabula Game Reserve, South Africa
These are the largest species of hornbill. Despite being the largest hornbill in the world they are extremely ...
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Location: Mabula Game Reserve, South Africa
These are the largest species of hornbill. Despite being the largest hornbill in the world they are extremely shy and therefore difficult to photograph. Got lucky with this one considering that they are considered VU Vulnerable as far as there conservation goes.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/320

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May, 2014

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An incredibly beautiful bird, Brian!! What part of the World does this amazing bird live, Brian?

Wonderful shot.....love the foreground grasses against the dark feathers of the bird

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Beautiful bird Brian, but he/she is not doing a very good job with the camouflage :-)

Always difficult to get a clean shot. Well done with this one in the grass.. Nice sharp image.

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That is a beautiful shot. The colors and the composition. Well done.

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Awesome. I never thought of shyness with birds. Brian, we have a great Indian hornbill at our zoo and it is huge. This must be a very very huge bird being the largest in the world. Funny isn't it how the small tiny birds make the most noise? lol but when the big ones have something to say, everyone knows it! Thank you for posting again Brian. Cheryl

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Very good work on this entry, Brian.