DAILY PHOTO: Spur-Winged Goose on the Prowl

I was going to call this “Duck – duck – goose [-goose]” until I discovered that the smaller birds are also geese (i.e. Egyptian Geese)

 

A Spur-winged Goose hunting

 

Two Spur-winged geese in a row; Taken in the Chobe River between Botswana and Namibia in April of 2017

DAILY PHOTO: White Stork Imitates Daniel-San

Taken in Chobe National Park, Botswana in April of 2017

POEM: Bird’s Life Haiku





hawk’s spiral swoop
snatches a sack skyward
morsels spilling



crow tugs rat carcass
like a combat comrade
cursing pal’s flab



Maribu meeting
looks formal: coat and tie
civil as Congress



DAILY PHOTO: Peacock

Taken on September 30, 2017 at the Kamla Nehru Zoo in Ahmedabad

Above are male (hence, peacock) Indian Peafowl (a.k.a. Blue Peafowl or Pavo cristatus.)

DAILY PHOTO: Scene from a Watering Hole

Taken in May of 2017 in Botswana

DAILY PHOTO: Cape Buffalo with Egret

Taken at Amboseli National Park in May of 2017

DAILY PHOTO: Ostriches of Amboseli

Taken one June 27, 2017 in Amboseli National Park

 

 

 

Black ostriches are males and the brown ones are females.

DAILY PHOTO: Meeting of Marabou: with Ibis and Egrets

Taken on June 23, 2017 at Kalimba Reptile Park

 

DAILY PHOTO: Birds of Chobe

Lilac-Breasted Roller; Taken on June 22, 2017 at Chobe National Park





Southern Ground Hornbill





African Fish Eagle





Southern Carmine Bee-Eater





Martial Eagle

DAILY PHOTO: Birds of the Mysore Zoo

Taken in October of 2014 at the Mysore Zoo

Taken in October of 2014 at the Mysore Zoo

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