Bee-eaters are hard to
photograph because they are always flitting out to catch insects. This is
the white-fronted bee-eater.
What do you suppose all the holes in this
embankment are?
It's a colony of carmine bee-eaters.
These
beautiful birds are not tiny like most bee-eaters, but are ten inches/38cm.
long.
They live in colonies and
hunt during the day in the same large groups from the tree tops.
It's a
spectacular sight!
Here are three more birds seen around the
river.
The endangered Wattled Crane
Hammerkop--called that because his head is shaped
like a hammer.
and
Spurwinged Goose