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Black Beauty!

            I saw this Fork-tailed Drongo sitting on a shrub in Masai Mara. 
The beauty of this bird is that it is totally black in colour apart from its eyes, which are red in colour. 
Nature sure knows how to differentiate between the different species with use of colour. 

   

Taken in: Tanzania / Mara / Serengeti (show map)

Taken on: June 3, 2012

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masaimara

kenya

Dicrurus adsimillis

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Sets appears in: • Birds of East Africa • Maasai Mara Game Reserve

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Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, 300mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:	EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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