Saddle-billed Stork (f)  
African White-backed Vulture
African Fish Eagle
Common Ostrich Chicks
Common Ostrich, male, females and their chicks.
Grey Crowned Crane, elephants
Grey Crowned Crane
Grey Crowned Cranes
African White-backed Vulture
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Marabou Stork
Jackass Penguin. Near Cape Town, South Africa
Jackass Penguin, near Cape Town, South Africa
Lesser Flamingo. Saw thousands of these flamingos. The shores of Lake Nakuru were solid pink with them, eating the brine shrimp.
Van der Decken's Hornbill (f).  
African Hoopoe
Red-billed Oxpecker, Rhino.
Red-billed Oxpecker (immature), Zebra
African Goshawk
Saddle-backed Stork (m)
Wattled Crane. This crane is listed as threatened. I felt very lucky to see this bird and was able to get a photo of two of them. 
African Spoonbill
Pintailed Whydah (m). If you check my Birds of Huntington Beach, you will also see this bird listed here in our local parks. Africa is their home, and how they managed to end up in California is anyone's guess.
Pintailed Whydah. A mating was going on with this male and female. The male bird flies horizontal in front of the female. In this case the female flew away.
Secretarybird
Yellow-billed Oxpecker. They are feeding off of ticks and other insects on mammals. 
Marabou Stork. Usually seen along with vultures scavenging at a kill.
Yellow-billed Oxpecker on a buffalo.  Very common where large mammals roam.
Common Ostrich (m)
Lake Nakura. This tree is loaded with Marabou Storks, and Great White Pelicans at the base of tree. 
Yellow-billed Stork, White Rhino
Common Ostrich (m)
Superb Starling
Lesser Flamingo
Lilac-breasted Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller. One of my favorite birds to see in Africa.
Little Bee-eater. Yes, he eats bees. He's the smaller of the bee-eaters.
Marabou Stork. This guy was hanging around the restaurant area of our camp looking for handouts.  He was pretty tame, and wasn't scared of anyone.  But been a big stork with a huge bill, you gave him leeway. 
African White-backed Vulture
Whitefronted Bee-eater
Southern Yellowbird Hornbill
I'll be back to Africa, count on it!!
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