
Yellow Billed Duck looks like its name
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This Kingfisher variety eats bugs in trees not fish
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This Lappet-Faced Vulture must be on the ground because of food
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Maribou Stork is even less attractive up close
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Beautifully ugly, 3 ft. Maribou Stork lands lightly on a branch
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3 female & 2 male ostriches--guess which are which
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Sacred Ibis though not sure why it's sacred
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Gorgeous Saddle-Billed Stork
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2 of many Southern Ground Hornbills we saw at Vumbura Plains
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Spurwinged-Lapwing has a spur on the front of its wings
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1 of 8 possible varieties of Heron
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Black Korhaan birds squawk a lot but look pretty
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Crowned Lapwings or Plovers are very common
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Eagle Owl perches before preying
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Lovely patterned Fishing Owl patiently seeks dinner
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Helmeted Guinea Fowl are always on the run
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Sparrow Weaverbird apartment building of distinctive nests
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Kori Bustards are the world's largest bird that can fly
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Lappet-Faced Vulture & 2 friendly WhiteBacked Vultures
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Pale Chanting Goshawk views the Kalahari Plains
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Close up of Southern Ground Hornbill
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Handsome Secretary Bird wears trousers
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Secretary Bird stomps on reptile or rodent for lunch
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African Fish Eagle
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African Open-Billed Stork
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African Spoonbill actually stirs the water with its beak to find food
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Black Heron spreads wings over water to eliminate relfection to better seek dinner
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Black Heron about to search for food in totally unique fashion
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Goliath Heron relfects its name
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Goliath Heron's flaps are partially up but landing gear is not yet retracted
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Yellow Hornbills preening in the Land Rover's mirrors
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Beauty shot of colorful Lilac-Breasted Roller
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Martial Eagle
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Iridescently pretty Black Glossy Starling
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Cattle Egrets take flight
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Herd of Cattle Egrets hanging out
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Francolins are not smart--they just waddled faster down the road as we drove behind them
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Great White Egret
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Hammerkop resembles its name
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Graceful flight of a Harrier (predator)
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