Kori Bustard - Ardeotis Kori
The worlds biggest flying bird. Think swan - swan in flight. Think bigger. That neck - the eye is bigger than one of those big marbles - more like a sheeps eye. Unlike an Ostrich that will kick you to death if you stray too close these birds - well they fly away. Huge deep soft wing beats barely lifting the frame of this enormous bird. A good four foot tall with an eight foot wingspan.
I will come back and add some words here when I have something other to say than big - I was just quite taken aback with the bigness.
Ngorogoro Crater, Tanzania
July 2012
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