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<\/a>Behold the “black-crowned night heron”, above.\u00a0 The night heron is a nocturnal hunter that roosts in trees along the river.\u00a0 Or the lilac-breasted roller, below.\u00a0 When it flies, you see a flash of brilliant blue and black stripes on its wings.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>The hamerkop is an odd waterbird that builds a huge condo – er, nest.\u00a0 And everywhere are “little bee eaters”, shown below.\u00a0 One of the most common bee eaters, but still cool to watch.\u00a0 And they do eat bees, apparently.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Then there’s this odd one – the magpie shrike.\u00a0 Not to be confused with the crimson-breasted shrike, which I’ve seen in other parts of Namibia, but is usually difficult to catch on camera.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>This natal spurfowl with chicks was hanging out in the Victoria Falls park, down by the viewing area where you can see the bungie jumpers on the bridge.\u00a0 And below, a squacco heron we spotted in the marshes.<\/a>Finally, saving the best for last, here’s a marabou stork settling down for the night, and a white-backed vulture.\u00a0 There were hordes gathered around a freshly-killed buffalo.\u00a0 Yet none of them had white backs….<\/a><\/p>\n