ML318083561
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Yellow-billed Storks (Mycteria ibis) are found throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa. They prefer wetlands, shallow lakes and mudflats and are often seen fishing in drying river pools. Yellow-billed Storks feed mainly on small fish that are caught and swallowed whole, detecting them with an open bill and sometimes tossing prey into the air and before catching and swallowing it. This pair of Yellow-billed Storks were feeding and courting on Shingwedzi River Causeway on Red Rocks Loop S52 near Tshanga in Kruger National Park. The larger male fluffed his feathers and began bill-rattling and making screaming calls before being joined by the female. The pair began mutual bill rattling and screaming before the male suddenly took off and flew away down the river.
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