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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
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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