African Openbills: a first for Cape Town!
March 4, 2010
African Openbills, Anastomus lamelligerus, had never been recorded in Cape Town. But earlier this year, the first ever record appeared.
Guide Otto Schmidt went out on a Birding Africa day trip from Cape Town on 25 February 2010 and photographed this exceptional sighting!
For more pictures of these African Openbills at Strandfontein Waste Water Treatment Works, please click here.
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