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September 3, 2006
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NIKON CORPORATION
NIKON D70
1/2500 second
F/7.1
400 mm
320
Sep 1, 2006, 7:53:20 AM
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60 cm, wingspan 95 cm.

Habitat.

Lakes, swamps, lagoons, sewage ponds, rivers wet meadows and irrigated cultivation.
Roosting sites in large trees often far from water.
In this case near Maayan Tzvi. Nests in freshwater or brackish wetlands, usually in tall dense trees or in low trees or bushes over or near water.

Food and Feeding.
Insects: grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, locusts and small reptiles, frogs and fish.
Usually feeds in small flocks by "walks slowly" and probes bill into mud and shallow water, or takes prey from surface sometimes runs after prey.
Breeding.

Movements.
Migratory and dispersive, post-breeding dispersal of adults and young birds in all directions. In Europe migrates in autumn mostly to Africa. In Africaa, some birds sedentary and some disperse after breeding. In Australia birds breeding in winter.

Status and Conservation.
Not globally threatened. Marked contraction of range in Palearctic during 20th centuty.

Israel.
In Israel the subspecies Plegadis falcinellus Common passage migrant, uncommon to common in summer and uncommon local breeder.

In Hebrew It's called "Maglan"
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:iconkamitu:
excellent shot :thumbsup:
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:iconkandrea:
It's beautiful. The silhouettes on the blue background look great together.
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:iconsiriusasthma:
very nice airy shot
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:iconhoustonryan:
~houstonryan May 13, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
Hey...a white-faced Ibis...We have these in the USA too...
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:iconchopsky:
Not sure what else to say but, how?
How the HELL did you take this? It looks like a photoshop, and Im sure it probably isn't. I know youre an incredible photographer, but how the hell did you make a frame of something like this?
It looks like youre up in the sky at the same level as the birds.
I'm completely and utterly confused.
YOFFI!
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:iconcatalin-scorus:
this is very interesting because of the colors and size. good job.
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:icondidokah:
~didokah Feb 18, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
wow that's awesome
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:icon73x45:
did you set that ISO manually?
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