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Fork-tailed Drongo (juvenile)
Your new word for today is: Kleptoparasitism - a form of resource acquisition where one animal takes resources from another. Not uncommon. The Fork-tailed Drongo shown here, though, adds an interesting twist. He has learned to mimic the alarm calls of other birds; and when they flee, he scavenges their abandoned prey. Pretty clever. This guy was captured near Duma Tau, Botswana in 2018. Unfortunately his signature forked tail was not deployed in this image.
D500, Sigma 150-600C @ 550mm, ISO 2000, 1/1000s @ f/7.1 manual. Shortly before sunset.