Ethiopia, Lake Zway : Hamerkop ( Scopus umbretta ) #ethiopia #scopidae #hamerkop #birds #waterbird #travel #ornithology

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A #hamerkop bird hitches a ride on a hippo before being shaken off by the grumpy beast in Kenya’s Masai Mara. The bird, named after its hammer-shaped head, climbed on board as the hippo plodded through a pond full of green water hyacinth.

Photograph: Ann Aveyard/Animal News Agency

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After the previous day's excitement of Mabamba Swamp, I went out on my own to wander around the roads near the hotel (2 Friends Beach Hotel - highly recommended) and saw many species of birds for the first time. I came across these Hamerkop building their nest. Eventually, it’ll be a big, covered nest with an entrance hole on the side).

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Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) nest building, Entebbe, Uganda

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