HOODED VULTURE IN FLIGHT, ZAMBEZI RIVER, LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

   We can ID this raptor as a Hooded Vulture by its all-brown and dark color when seen from below, underwing pattern and slender bill (first photo).  Also, in the second photo you can see the white of the crown and/or face.

   The Hooded Vulture is a new species to our Photograhic Life List, which now stands at 364.

AFRICAN FISH EAGLE, ZAMBEZI RIVER, LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

WATER MONITOR, ZAMBEZI RIVER, LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

CHACMA BABOONS, ZAMBEZI RIVER, LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

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IMPALA, ZAMBEZI RIVER, LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

ADULT EGYPTIAN GEESE & CHICKS, ZAMBEZI RIVER, LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

CATTLE EGRET FOLLOWING A WARTHOG, ZAMBEZI RIVER, LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

   Cattle Egrets follow cattle, other large mammals (such as Warthogs) and machines and eat the invertebrates stirred up from the ground.  They will also fly toward smoke from long distances to catch insects fleeing a fire.