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Balancing act in low flight
Gray-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides), a shrike of the family Laniidae, flies low above bushes and brush (2 to 4m) while foraging for insects. Flashes its wings in a balancing act to keep steady above brush weeds while looking for insects which it manages to catch in flight sometimes. Captured in Central Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
Digital image ID: MRO_20220618_006845
Author: Micheline Rouquet
© Micheline Rouquet
Digital image size: 20.7 Mpixels (59.1 MB uncompressed) - 5568x3712 pixels (18.6x12.4 in / 47.1x31.4 cm at 300 ppi)
Digital image keywords: balancing act, Behavior, Birds, Birds in flight, Central Serengeti National Park, foraging, Gray-backed Fiscal, Gray-backed Fiscal Shrike, Landing, Lanius excubitoroides, Shrikes, Tanzania, Wing flashing
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