Fishing African Spoonbill

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I saw the bird with something in it's beak while walking on the Milnerton Golf Course. It was the fish it just caught. It swung it's head from side to side to keep the fish. The fish fell out of it's beak, but it managed to catch it again

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Size: 2873px × 2887px
Location: Milnerton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photo credit: © Alma Phillips / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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