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28-FEB-2008

Blue-headed Coucal, Bahir Dar

Coucals are large cuckoo like birds which usually skulk in thick bushes and creep about rather than fly. They are often quite noisy quite a long bubbling distinctive call. The Blue-headed Coucal is usually found in wet swampy areas with thick cover. This bird was skulking in a papyrus reed bed on the shore of Lake Tana and scuttled across the path in front of me like a huge rat. It disappeared into the depth of this bush and about 20 minutes later I saw it come out with a small snake.

Canon EOS 40D
1/400s f/7.1 at 400.0mm iso400 full exif

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