Houbara Bustard

Houbara Bustard walking away from the camera in the rocky desert.
Houbara Bustard, Jabel de Famara, Lanzarote, Spain, July 28, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/10; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata). In researching the birds I would see on the Canary Islands, the Houbara Bustard was on the top of birds I wanted to photograph. Most of the time my photographs are at quite a distance. The bird in the above photograph was very close to the road as we were driving past. It started walking away and looking back at us, never getting in a hurry. The image above is through the tinted window from the rear seat in our van. I’m surprised it turned out as well as it did.

Houbara Bustard walking along the rocky ground near the edge of the road.
Houbara Bustard, Llanos de Tindaya, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 420 mm; ISO-2000; f/8; 1/1600 sec.