The African Sacred Ibis by Sudipto Sarkar is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Another beautiful bird in the studio… This one’s apparently a sub class of the Ibis genus…
The one thing that I found sacred about this Ibis was the contrast between the black and white in its forage. And it’s got thick strong legs. A kick from this guy will be very bad news. So, I kept my distance… 
| EXIF Info | |
| Exposure | f/4.0 1/4000 sec ISO 800 |
| Focal Length in 35mm | 135 |
| Date taken | 2017:07:29 12:17:07 |
| Camera | NIKON D3200 |
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Just beautiful and so unusual!
Very unusual indeed, Christine… Turns out there are a lot of varieties of Ibises… This one's comparatively rare… At least in South East Asia…
A very beautiful image of this striking bird. It does look big and strong.
It is big, Steve! Some four and a half feet, from what I assumed… It came up to my neck in height… And that's without stretching its neck…
Excellent clarity captured in its plumage!!
Thanks, Steven…
that is some serious beak, Sudipto. and it is a very unusual bird to my eyes.
It was unusual for me too, Ayush… I guess this species is just rare here in our part of the world…
I'd stay away from him too! The legs may be strong, but it's that beak that scares me!!!
Wonderful capture, Sudipto.
Yup… It is a scary beak!
Thanks, Lisa… 