Spotted Thick-knee - a photo on Flickriver

Spotted Thick-knee

            western sector of the Serengeti, Tanzania 

Thick-knees are also called Stone Curlews or Dikkops and are large waders/shorebirds  ( the order Charadriiformes ). 
They all have large eyes and long thickly jointed legs.
The Spotted Thick-knee is often active at night when its loud call can be heard from a distance.
This one was resting in the shade together with its partner

Burhinus capensis
Kaapse griel
Oedicnème tachard
Kaptriel
Alcaraván de El Cabo
Occhione maculato
alcaravão-do-cabo

Many thanks for your views, favorites and supportive comments.
 
All rights reserved. Fons Buts©2023
My photos may not be used on websites, blogs or in any other media without my written and explicit permission.
   

Taken on: January 19, 2023

Tags:

wildlife photography

natural habitat

in the wild

natuurfotografie

Naturfotografie

in de vrije natuur

in het wild

Cirdantravels

Fons Buts

Lake Manyara

Arusha

Serengeti

Tanzania safari

Big 5 safarii

wildlife

Nikon Z

Nikon wildlife

burhinus capensis

spotted thick-knee

stone curlew

dikkop

COTH5

Sunrays+5

nature photography

fauna

wildlife photographer

Nikon nature

photographic safari

big 5 safari « less

Sets appears in: • 2023 • Tanzania 2023 more » • Thick-knees & Stone Curlews ( Burhinidae ) « less

Groups appears in: • Wildlife Photography • Nature and Wildlife Best more » • BIRDPIX (3/day) • SJohnson's Fauna PLEASE READ: surgery complete doing well • Damn! I Wish I'd Taken That!!! (Invite Only) Post 1-Award2 . • Feathers+Beaks=Birds (P2 / C2) • En armonía con la Naturaleza • Birds birds birds birds! • Colors Of The Heart! *Invited Images Only*! • Best Of DAMN! I Wish I'd Taken That • Nature's Garden (P1 / A3) • Nature's Garden Gallery • Mordus de photos Nature • Nature's Gallery (Post 1 / Award 3) • [][][]Nature.. Light and Color[][][] • Wild Bird Photography • *Feathers & Beaks* P1 - A3 • Eblouissante Nature / Brilliant Nature - P1/C2 - No People • AMAZING IMPRESSIONS OF NATURE Post 1 / Award 4 • photograpy animaliere • ♣Mother Nature!! • Nature and Animals (Wild Only) • Bird,s-Vögel • NATURE'S KALEIDOSCOPE P1 X A1 • Aardvark To Zyzzyva • Birds of birding trips (abroad) • Lumières naturelles • Flickr Wildlife « less

Stats: 2,089 views / 109 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder