I only saw giraffe & black rhino once in the Victoria Falls area. Some said that there are not any giraffe in Mana Pools area as it was too difficult for the giraffe to go over the escarpment to the Mana Pools area.

This was a mom and young rhino. I could never get a good shot of the two of them together. You will notice the last photo is mom and her horn has been cut off.

Moon in Zimbabwe, looks just like here! I didn't think it was too bad for hand held and just winging it because it was there!

The last photo is an elephant that just took a tree down right next to our vehicle and put it across the road! I was amazed at how easily she just broke it off!

Taking advantage of a break in the rain/snow storms, we went to Belfair State Park and walked our little dog. 39 F day, mostly clear, lite Southeast breeze-cold. Tide coming in not much bird or human activity in the Park.

This GBH flew around a few times then landed near the stream of the Big Mission Creek outflow. As the tide came in, this GBH stayed put! Over 45 minutes I observed the bird getting deeper and deeper!

The gulls were fighting over the carcass of a large salmon as depicted. This "fight" went on as long as we were there.
Just as the fight was warming up a young Eagle flew over, flushing all of the many gulls and ducks in the vicinity.

D850, 500pF, 1/3200, f 8, ISOs from 500 to 3600, EC- +1.3, no CPL, no background manipulation or recoloring, held by arthritic hands! Yes some cropping and pp occurred.

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