Feather Cut

**A MUST SEE IN FULL VIEW**

This is a Bush Stone-Curlew, a large ground-dwelling bird native to Australia. I took this photo at Sydney's Taronga Zoo with my Nikon 300mm lens. The plumage detail on top of the bird's head is amazing.

**Interesting Facts**
- It hunts at night (hence its big eyes) for small grassland animals such as frogs, spiders, snakes, lizards & small mammals.
- During the day, it shelters amongst tall grass or low shrubs and relies on its camouflage to protect itself from its only natural predators: raptors.
- When disturbed, it freezes motionless, often in odd-looking postures. For visual predators like raptors (& humans), this works well, but it serves little purpose with introduced feral animals that hunt by scent: notably foxes.