Grand Romieu, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. 18.02.2005. Original blog post.
Wasn't expecting to see Spotted Crake in the Camargue during February. Apparently some birds arrive early or may even over-winter in the area. This was a nice find by David Jenkins while we were searching for Greater Spotted Eagle. The crake was feeding on a puddle between a lake and the roadside. It showed very close (possibly too close) and fed constantly - the head moving up and down all the time made digiscoping rather difficult. It wasn't easy for four people to photograph it all at once in a confined space, hence the vegetation in front.
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Digiscoped with Leica Apo Televid 62 with 16x eyepiece + Nikon Coolpix 995
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