I must confess that with a few exceptions, I am not very good at photographing birds, especially up close, but I love to watch them. I know that my phone camera is not the best for photographing them and my husband's DSLR is out of service at the moment.
But a few days ago on one of my trips to the mountains when I was on the road leading to the nature reserve near my house I came across a pair of Guacharacas or Chachalacas. So here's my attempt to take a few photos for this week's #SMaP Free Theme.
There were two. One was calmly standing on the roof of the parking lot of a building next to the road leading to the park.
And the other crossed our path but it was faster than me and when I wanted to photograph it, it flew into the branches of one of the trees.
But I didn't give up and went closer to see if I could get a decent picture. On the first try some branches covered it a little bit.
So I changed the angle and got a little closer and I felt that she turned to look at me with a very unfriendly face. She looked like she was in a bad mood. 😂
By the way, this is the pic I chose for the #SMaP contest 👇
I got a little closer and it seems she didn't like it very much. Then I remembered that a few weeks ago, someone we passed on the trail said that a Guacharaca had tried to attack her, and I wondered if it was the same one. By the look on her face, I felt she could attack us at any moment, and believe me we didn't want to know what a Guacharaca peck feels like 🤣. So we went on our way.
In Caracas, there are lots of Guacharacas. They are not my favorite birds because they are quite noisy. I hear them quite a lot from my balcony, especially on Sunday mornings. I guess when the city is quiet, the noise they make is heard louder.
Have you ever seen one?
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