Blacksmith lapwing
While the 'big five' attract the most attention in sub-saharan Africa, there are many attractive little birds to photograph. Near the northern edge of its range by Ndutu Lake in Tanzania I captured a blacksmith lapwing with its distinctive pied coloring and red eye. It was hunting in the dried lakeside grass for invertebrates to eat just before the start of the rainy season.
Blacksmith lapwing
While the 'big five' attract the most attention in sub-saharan Africa, there are many attractive little birds to photograph. Near the northern edge of its range by Ndutu Lake in Tanzania I captured a blacksmith lapwing with its distinctive pied coloring and red eye. It was hunting in the dried lakeside grass for invertebrates to eat just before the start of the rainy season.