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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

My first leap year...

...as a blogger! I started blogging in October 2008 so I missed the last leap year.

I've not had much time for birding but last Sunday Grant and I drove through town and spotted a number of storks: Abdims and Black Storks as well as the resident Marabou Storks. The latter is a huge stork with a grey, blade-like bill, a naked head and a pendulous throat pouch.

The Marabou stork is resting with its head tucked in and pouch not visible. As I snapped away, it lifted its right leg and hooked it onto the left one

Thanks to Springman for hosting the World Bird Wednesday meme which you can see here

4 comments:

  1. Those Marabou storks look really strange in tree tops.

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  2. Those Marabou storks look really strange in tree tops.

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  3. Love the bird!
    My sister could stand like that for hours!!Hahaaa
    hughugs

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  4. The stork has an interesting one-legged stance. I haven't seen that leg-hooking stance before.

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