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  • Neville Bailey
    Diamond Member

    • Nov 2010
    • 2786
    #1

    Guess you popped in for a visit today?

    We had a strange visitor in our garden today - can't figure out what it is. Stork or crane?


    IMGP3421 by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr


    IMGP3427 by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr


    IMGP3434 by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr


    IMGP3436 by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr


    IMGP3439 by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr
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    • AndyD
      Diamond Member

      • Jan 2010
      • 4946
      #2
      Nice photos Neville, I'm not sure what it is though.


      Why is your pool empty? Thought you'd be swimming by now in Durban.
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        • wynn
          Diamond Member

          • Oct 2006
          • 3338
          #3
          It looks like a 'Hadedah' with melanin problems?
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            • tec0
              Diamond Member

              • Jun 2009
              • 4624
              #4
              No clue but it wasn't camera shy; I don't know I don't think it is at home in Durban, I think it would live closer to fresh water as its beak points to small prey and stature suggest the hunting grounds to be shallow.

              There is no webbing so it is probably not a swimmer. I think show your pictures to a bird expert. I think they might find it interesting. I never saw one before myself... I will also have a look in my books for some answers.
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                • rfnel
                  Bronze Member

                  • Jun 2011
                  • 196
                  #5
                  Did your neighbors have a baby over the weekend by any chance?
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                    • Neville Bailey
                      Diamond Member

                      • Nov 2010
                      • 2786
                      #6
                      Originally posted by tec0
                      No clue but it wasn't camera shy; I don't know I don't think it is at home in Durban, I think it would live closer to fresh water as its beak points to small prey and stature suggest the hunting grounds to be shallow.

                      There is no webbing so it is probably not a swimmer. I think show your pictures to a bird expert. I think they might find it interesting. I never saw one before myself... I will also have a look in my books for some answers.
                      I wasn't as close to the bird as it seems - I was using a zoom lens and I was at least 10 metres away from it. We saw it eating a frog before I got my camera out.
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                        • Blurock
                          Diamond Member

                          • May 2010
                          • 4203
                          #7
                          Hi Neville, This looks like a Woolly necked stork. Very distinctive markings in your 1st photograph.
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                            • wynn
                              Diamond Member

                              • Oct 2006
                              • 3338
                              #8
                              Yep it looks like a wooly necked stork!
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                              You can also read and download 100% free my short stories "A Real Surprise" and "Pieces of Eight" at
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