“Stop the car; there's a Go-Away Bird! I want to take a picture!"
Did you feel the world stop spinning on its axis for a moment while we were in Etosha?
Not only did Rick recognize a bird, he wanted to photograph it! Up until this moment, if it didn't have four legs or a sunset behind it, no African creature was worth shooting with his impressive lenses.
Though throughout the trip we'd seen many amazing, interesting, odd, beautiful birds, Rick thought it was a waste of time and click of a button to stop to look and admire and identify them.
Okay, maybe for a Lilac-breasted Roller but that pretty little bird was an exception.
However, by the end of our visit to Etosha, Rick would blithely identify a hornbill or Kori's Bustard or-dare we say it-a Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk. He has joined the birding converts; ask to see his photos.
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