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a pied king
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fisher at 25 cm long it’s the world’s
largest hovering
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Bird hovering Demands a lot of energy so
they have to catch a quarter of their
weight eaten fish every
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day keeping its head perfectly still
about 10 m above the water it sees
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movement then drops in a controlled
dive if the fish sees it the king fisher
can still abort and save energy if not
it commits and Dives
rapidly
it’s worth the effort hovering allows
them to hunt in the middle of the Plains
where the pickings are especially
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Rich the bird kills its prey with a blow
to the
head but before it can swallow it must
flip the fish head first or the spines
will stick in its
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throat
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within a few months another type of
organism vital to the Delta breaks the
surface dozens of species of aquatic
grasses sedes and water
lies
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at dawn day lies open to attract
pollinating bees and
flies
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as dusk approaches the dayes begin to
close and give way to the night
shift
night lies open their brilliant
petals bright enough to attract insects
in the
Moonlight water lies flourishing in the
middle of the Kalahari
Desert perhaps the greatest Miracle of
the
delta
