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This Malachite Kingfisher posed for over a half hour
Guess he wanted to make sure I got his best side.

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The weaver birds had migrated to a different area when I was there but
I wanted to match the bird to the nests so here is a file photo
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And here are the nests

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Blacksmith Lapwing
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Southern Yellow-billed Horn-bill
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Black-sholdered Kite
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The Hamerkop is a strange looking bird with a strange name.
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This Lilac-breasted Roller is probably the most colorful bird I saw!
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Kori Bustard
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Nature has its garbage collectors everywhere.  Here White-backed Vultures are cleaning up a rhino carcass.
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I think this is a Yellow Billed Kite
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These three photos are of the Yellow-billed Stork

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I have not been able to identify this little guy.

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Southern Ground Horn-bill.  I have no idea what this one is doing in a tree!
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Great Egret
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This Egyptian Goose family is out for a swim in algae covered water.
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These Cape Glossy Starlings are a lot prettier that our US ones. They turn an iridescent purple when the sun hits them.
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Crested Guineafowl
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African Darter
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I caught this Brown Pelican winging it home
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A Green-backed Heron searching for dinner

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This Purple-crested Turaco is another colorful bird

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This may be a Red-backed Shrike
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This is the Secretary-bird.  It is in a family all by its self

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These black and white birds are Pied Crows

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Hadeda Ibis
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African Hoopoe When he gets excited his head feathers raise up in a mohawk

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Ostrich.  What would a trip to Africa be without seeing Ostriches?
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And we end our bird section with these giant birds
Now lets move to something a whole lot bigger: