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16-OCT-2006

Saddle-billed Stork

This bird walks along stabbing its’ bill into the water to catch fish, crabs, frogs, small mammals and some mollusks and insects.

Nikon D80 ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/160s f/5.6 at 200.0mm iso400 full exif

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Alan Ward17-Nov-2006 17:16
We did not see any around the mara River area, we found this one and several more in the Talek River area about an hours straight drive away.
Einar Johannessen17-Nov-2006 14:44
Great portrait of a beautiful bird. I am sorry to have missed that species when I was in the Mara in 2005.
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