As a respite from the blood and gore of the lions, here are some more birds.

There was large pond left by the drying up of a river at Duba Plains.  Having no outlet anymore made it a wonderful place for concentrated fish and we saw lots and lots of birds there.  These are all marabous except the two yellow-billed storks in the back.

It was quite a long body of water and we saw various things in different parts.  Here, in one of the narrow sections,besides the marabou storks, there are white pelicans and Egyptian geese.

Here's a view of the widest part.  We saw 21 species here in 15 minutes.

Here's a water dikkop--that means thick head in Afrikaans.

And a black-winged stilt grooming.

While overhead we saw a bataleur eagle soaring.

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