Taken at Zoo Atlanta... the male and female pair of Ground Hornbills were holding their prize catch to the crowd with pride before passing it between each other. Nearby a chipmunk foraged without a care...
This is the female Zazu as you can slightly see her blue marking in the red beneath her bill. She was born in 1995.
"The Zoo’s hornbills love to show off their food through the viewing glass. Zazu loves to make kids squeal when she shows them her breakfast. These are highly intelligent birds."
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Beautiful clarity and just the right DOF. I would rather have seen this without the mouse, but then it would have been just a very good portrait. I think the drama of this will probably place it very high in the ranking.
Wonderful clarity and colour, crisp and detailed. The foliage is far too green for Southern Africa (now winter browns) so I'm guessing zoo? Still a 7.
Amazing birds now threatened in Africa due habitat destruction of the overpopulated and unnecessarily protected African elephant destroying vast tracts of bush and flattening trees where these birds breed.
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