Came across this Capercaillie shot from a few years back. As a challenge, some of us pro photographers were given (by the Scottish Nature Photography Awards) possibly the cheapest digital camera you can buy and told to go out and get the best photo you could with it, just to prove that getting great photos DOESN'T mean having hugely expensive kit. I carried it (a wee compact) around for a few days then chanced on a wild male Capercaillie clucking and clopping to himself in woodland. 1/2
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@Dolphinchaz Provincial bird of Central Finland! I have met one of these in Heinola Bird Sanctuary -- it was there permanently because it was 24/7/365 in lekking mode and attacking everything, from tree stumps to trucks.
You could make clop-clucks at it, spread your coat a bit, and whoop, it would attack the cage in order to rip your face off.
Truly magnificent bird.
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@Skiriki Yes, the males can be really aggressive, we had a few that were in danger as they were chasing people and dogs near some woodland walks - I think one was killed by a dog eventually.
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