Pukeko can be scary
Photo by Vandy Pollard
The legs and feet of Pukeko are well adapted for wading through shallow water with muddy bottoms. They feed mainly on roots, seeds, and shoots of grasses which they hold with one foot, parrot-fashion, while stripping off the outer layers with their beak to reach the tender tissues. I shot this on a windless day at Dawn to capture a contrast of darkness against the water’s reflections, create ambiguity. 70-200mm cropped.
Vandy Pollard - Excio Gallery
I’m a photographer living on the South Coast of Wellington New Zealand. with a passion for New Zealand birds, many of them with a conservation status of at risk.
