David de Groot 馃摳
@david@photog.social  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Small bird, HUGE feet.

A sub-adult Comb-crested Jacana I spotted this morning at work. Its comb is now almost fully formed so it's pretty close to adulthood.

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A Comb-crested Jacana standing on a different rock in a lake. bent forward towards the water. Its broken reflection can be seen below. It has a white body with brown wings, black shoulder stripe, a little buff on the sides of the neck, dark brown cap, but a red comb and shield on its face. The legs are pale yellow and the feet are about as wide as the body is long.
A Comb-crested Jacana standing on a different rock in a lake. bent forward towards the water. Its broken reflection can be seen below. It has a white body with brown wings, black shoulder stripe, a little buff on the sides of the neck, dark brown cap, but a red comb and shield on its face. The legs are pale yellow and the feet are about as wide as the body is long.
A Comb-crested Jacana standing on a different rock in a lake. bent forward towards the water. Its broken reflection can be seen below. It has a white body with brown wings, black shoulder stripe, a little buff on the sides of the neck, dark brown cap, but a red comb and shield on its face. The legs are pale yellow and the feet are about as wide as the body is long.
A Comb-crested Jacana standing on a rock in a lake. You can see the huge feet it has that it usually uses to walk on floating vegetation. It has a white body with brown wings, black shoulder stripe, a little buff on the sides of the neck, dark brown cap, but a red comb and shield on its face. The legs are pale yellow and the feet are about as wide as the body is long.
A Comb-crested Jacana standing on a rock in a lake. You can see the huge feet it has that it usually uses to walk on floating vegetation. It has a white body with brown wings, black shoulder stripe, a little buff on the sides of the neck, dark brown cap, but a red comb and shield on its face. The legs are pale yellow and the feet are about as wide as the body is long.
A Comb-crested Jacana standing on a rock in a lake. You can see the huge feet it has that it usually uses to walk on floating vegetation. It has a white body with brown wings, black shoulder stripe, a little buff on the sides of the neck, dark brown cap, but a red comb and shield on its face. The legs are pale yellow and the feet are about as wide as the body is long.