16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
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While I was waiting for vultures to arrive I was entertained by hornbills which had gathered to eat the maggots hatching out on a zebra carcass. The female hornbill seals herself into the nest when the chicks hatch out, and the male feeds her through a small slit in the barricade.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 08.2016 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2018 |
Photo Location: | Mkuze, South Africa |
Camera: | Canon EOS-1D X Mark II |
Copyright: | © Bence Mate |