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Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata orientalis

(Above) Al Ruwais, Qatar, 08 November 2012 (EOS 7D, 300mm f2.8 + 2x Extender)

Unfortunately, the slightly forward-facing pose hardly does justice to the extraordinarily long bill of this individual (which had us checking out the rump colour just in case).

 

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