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- Juvenile African Jacana, otherwise called a Lily-trotter. This little guy was lifting lily pads to find snails and insects.
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- African Jacane picking insects off the lily pads in Jacana Alley in the Chobe River.
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- Juvenile African Jacana trying to fly across the open water between lily pads in Jacana Alley
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- African Jacana flying between lily pads in Jacana Alley in the Chobe River
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- Young African Jacana standing for a moment on a lily pad and sinking in the process.
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- Juvenile African Jacana taking off.
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- African Jacana in flight – it took me a while to get my first flying Jacana.
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- An African Jacana declaring its territory to another flying past.
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- African Jacana coming in to land.
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- Lou Coetzer is very particular about the backgrounds and rightly so. When these African Jacana are darting from lily pad to lily pad it is just a question of waiting until you get a reasonably clean background.
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- Those feet! A young African Jacana marching on top of sinking lily pads.
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- This image makes you realise how light these African Jacana must be – clean backgrounds.
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- African Jacana walking from one set of lily pads to another in Jacana Alley in the Chobe River.
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- Juvenile African Jacana feeding on insects in Jacana Alley – backgrounds can be messy so choosing your moment is critical.
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- Hopping between lily pads – a juvenile African Jacana whose wings are still not fully developed.
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- Inflight – an adult African Jacana
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- Hopping between lily pads – an adult African Jacana.
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- Adult African Jacana taking off.
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- Hopping between lily pads – an almost adult African Jacana.
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- An African Jacana declaring its territory to another flying past.
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- African Jacana bathing – sometimes busy backgrounds set the scene.
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- African Jacana bathing. On this particular occasion we must have seen about 30 Jacanas all in one spot – very unusual.
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- African Jacana are polyandrous where the larger female has multiple partners and the males rear the chicks. The male is very protective and the chicks quickly climb under his wing if there is any sign of danger.
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- One African Jacana chick could not fit under Dad’s wing despite numerous attempts – it was already fully occupied.
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- One African Jacana chick could not fit under Dad’s wing despite numerous attempts – it was already fully occupied.
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- Young African Jacana – aah clean background!
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- One African Jacana chick could not fit under Dad’s wing despite numerous attempts – it was already fully occupied.
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- This young African Jacana was attracted to this water lily flower by all the insects around it.
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- Young African Jacana feeding on insects on top of the lily pads in Jacana Alley in the Chobe River
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- Young African Jacana hopping between lily pads – clean background.
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- Young African Jacana hopping between lily pads – clean background.
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- Marching around looking for food – young African Jacana.
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- An adult African Jacana turning up a lily pad to check for snails under it.
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- I think the blue shield above the beak, the golden necklace and beautiful ochre body feathers make for a stunning colour combination on this adult African Jacana.
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- Adult African Jacana standing on a lily pad in the Chobe River.
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- Adult African Jacana – I always try to show of the feet – so timing is important.
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- Adult African Jacana – I always try to show of the feet – so timing is important.
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- Young African Jacana hopping between lily pads – clean background.
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- African Jacana chick – days old
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- African Jacana chicks are precocial meaning they are able to feed themselves from the time they hatch. This little chap is already lifting lily pads.
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- This African Jacana chick is probably two to three inches tall – a long lens is required to get the shot.
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- Clean backgrounds probably apply even more to smaller birds otherwise your subject will get lost.
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- Very cute -African Jacana chick in Jacana Alley.
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- African Jacana chick – days old – looking for food.
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- African Jacana chick feeding itself – Dad only offers protection.
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- African Jacana are light enough not to have to run to take off. Apart from anything else those feet make running tricky.
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- Seeing double – Juvenile African Jacanas
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- Lesser Jacana in the Chobe river
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- African Jacana eggs
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- Male African Jacana incubating eggs laid by a female
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- African Jacana in flight – legs hanging down
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- Lily-trotting African Jacana
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- Week old African Jacana chick
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- Week old African Jacana chick search for food – precocial
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- Week old African Jacana chicks seek protection under the male’s wing
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- Week old African Jacana chicks seek protection under the male’s wing
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- Week old African Jacana chick search for food – precocial
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