for deborah :)

For Deborah Blake, a couple more pictures of the Abyssinian hornbill and his lady friend:

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This is the best picture I got of his body, and mostly I was just taking it to give an idea of how dramatically he was preening and tilting himself around for the admiration of this lovely lady:

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…who was sitting with her back to him, completely unimpressed. :)

I believe I have acquired my annual accidental sunburn today. Fortunately one of my purposes in going out was to get more sunblock, which we ran out of yesterdayish. Possibly I should now go get some of that after-sun stuff they sell these days, too… :)

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