ML201851801 IBC 1482081

Iruzkina

Yellow-billed Stork fishing with Nile Crocodiles. The Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) occurs in Africa south of the Sahara. It prefers wetlands, shallow lakes and mudflats and is often seen fishing in drying river pools. It feeds mainly on small fish that is catches and swallows whole, sometimes tossing its prey into the air and before catching and swallowing it. Yellow-billed Stork often fish open-billed, with one wing spread, stirring the silt with its foot to flush prey. This bird was fishing in Sunset Dam, Kruger Park when two Nile Crocodiles moved close to it – the stork seemed very aware of them and moved away. Elevation: 287 m. Date added to IBC: April 1, 2018.