Hi Dumay, the oxpecker sure is giving the buff an inquisitive stare. He stands out nicely against the open BG, and I like the detail on the Buff too.
If you are at Ivory Lodge, I will be coming up to Mankwe on saturday, so hopefully you can bring some guests to visit at the hide.:) Hope to see you there.
You Africans are really giving me the bug to go! Another quintessentially African image. It seems your goal when cropping (or perhaps while composing) was to show us the ox-pecker and buffalo seeing "eye-to-eye." You've captured well the rugged topography of the buffalo's face.