Nature: Wildlife (AMATEUR) - HONORABLE MENTION
Cape buffalo with Oxpecker
Photo © Barbara Fleming
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I was photographing a breeding herd of Cape buffalo when I quickly became fascinated with the active Yellow-billed Oxpeckers flying on and around all the buffalo. The challenge began to capture one in focus as it came in for a landing. The Yellow-billed Oxpecker is native to Africa and will perch on Cape buffalo as well as other mammals to eat the ticks and other parasites found on the animal.
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I was photographing a breeding herd of Cape buffalo when I quickly became fascinated with the active Yellow-billed Oxpeckers flying on and around all the buffalo. The challenge began to capture one in focus as it came in for a landing. The Yellow-billed Oxpecker is native to Africa and will perch on Cape buffalo as well as other mammals to eat the ticks and other parasites found on the animal.
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Barbara Fleming is an international award winning and published wildlife photographer who has traveled extensively throughout the Serengeti ecosystem for over ten years. She uses her undergraduate studies in anthropology and psychology to assist her when understanding and photographing wildlife and their complex behavior.BACK TO GALLERY
