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Taken on a sunset cruise on the Zambezi, just above Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. As the sun was setting, these aptly named birds started to feed. Taking the phot...
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Taken on a sunset cruise on the Zambezi, just above Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. As the sun was setting, these aptly named birds started to feed. Taking the photos of a moving bird from a moving boat was quite a challenge in the low light, but I got there in the end!
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