Hamerkop with outstretched wings after takeoff

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) with outstretched wings after taking off from a pool of water formed by the receding floodwaters in Okavango Delta. The wader pushes its wings forward as if cupping the air to change the angle of attack and produce lift. Captured in the Jao Flats, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Jao Flats - Okavango Delta, Botswana

Digital image ID: Micheline_Rouquet_20160422_009896

Author: Micheline Rouquet

Digital image size: 13.8 Mpixels (39.5 MB uncompressed) - 4550x3033 pixels (15.2x10.1 in / 38.5x25.7 cm at 300 ppi)

Digital image keywords: angle of attack, Birds, Botswana, Ciconiiformes, downstroke, flapping flight, Flight, Hamerkop, Jao Flats, mirrored reflection, Okavango Delta, outstretched wings, takeoff

Published in: All images, Birds

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