Disney Pic of the Week: Birds

Photographic Innoventions by Scott Thomas

Birds are found throughout the Walt Disney World resort. Most are indigenous species found in Florida like the snowy egrets, herons, ibis, ducks, sparrows and the like. They have become used to begging for food from the guests. Please, you should not feed them as people food is not good for them.

In Disney’s Animal Kingdom, there are two trails which feature aviaries of birds. The Maharajah Jungle Trek features birds from Asia and the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail has birds from Africa. As you enter each aviary, you will see a large bird identification chart of the birds you may see. Take the time to photograph both sides of the chart so you can identify the birds later.

Below is a bird called the Hamerkop from Africa. It gets its name from the shape of its head with a curved bill and crest at the back which is reminiscent of a hammer. It is a wading bird found in wetlands. Their diet consists of amphibians, fish, shrimp and insects.

Hammerkop on the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail in Disney's Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

Hammerkop on the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail.
Nikon D70/70-200VR, 1/640s, f/6.3, ISO 400, EV +0.3, 200mm Focal Length.

Barrie and Lisa will be here on Thursday and Saturday to share Bird photos for their Disney Pic of Week.

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Scott's "Photographic Innoventions" blog focuses on intermediate to advanced photography concepts and techniques relevant for Point and Shoot and Digital SLR cameras.

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  1. Your topic for the week – birds – caught my interest. I’m not a birdwatcher or anything, but I’ve enjoyed taking photos of birds at WDW for years. It covers so much ground (or should I say “air” with the birds in the aviaries, seagulls over Seven Seas Lagoon, birds at the top of flag poles, and of course Donald & Daisy. Looking forward to everybody’s take on such a broad topic.
    Craig

    Scott replies: Thanks, Craig! If you and anyone else is on Twitter or Google+, you can share your photos with us by tagging it #disneypics-birds