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Oxpeckers on the Rhino

Three red-billed oxpeckers perched on the back of a Rhino

Plate V · Plate V · Simbavati River Lodge, South Africa, September 2020Sony A7 III · 400mm ƒ/5.6 · 1/500 · ISO 250

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Three red-billed oxpeckers perch on the wrinkled grey back of an Rhino, facing the same way as the great animal's tail hangs behind them. Soft golden morning light catches the birds and the deep creases of the skin, the brush behind falling away to blur.

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