We saw a heron on the back of a hippo once....riding it in deep water until it looked like a duck with its legs completely submerged. We assumed that the bird had worked out that small fish could be caught behind its host as it disperses its dung with its tail. We mentioned that we had witnessed this behaviour to a few birders and they were all amazed that we had not taken a picture. "We too were amazed that we had not taken a picture!!"
Well as luck would have it...we saw it again and this time did not waste the opportunity to snap off a few shots. Incidentally this second occasion was only a few kilometres from the first so perhaps it is the same bird.
The Hwange Birder
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