Back at camp after some much needed food and a siesta I tracked down one of our noisy neighbours; a Cicada of some sort which is known locally as a Christmas Bee.
By the time we went for our afternoon drive, the clouds had rolled in and there wasn't much to photograph.
At the Mankwe Dam hide, a White Breasted Cormorant.
And there was something on the far side of the dam. What could it be????
By this time it was starting to get late so we hot-footed it back to camp.
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
. The colour changes are due to thin film interference which is what makes a Glossy Starling glow iridescent blue. Their feathers are actually brown but they have a coating that refracts the light as it passes through it, then refracts the light again as it reflects off the feather underneath and passes back through the coating again. A similar effect can be seen with a thin film of oil or soap floating on water.
